Saturday, 19 March 2022

On the Human Condition

Does human nature ever change?

Life’s challenges form a wide range

Encountered by each generation:

Highs and lows, despair, elation…

 

In-depth knowledge can be sought

Experience just can’t be taught

‘Hands-on’ beats theory any day

You learn by doing – that’s the way!

 

Parents teach their children skills

Watch their traumas and their spills

As their minds expand and grow

Soon they too are ‘in the know’!

 

Joys and frustration are their lot

To get their way each time - is not

So, tantrums blight the tiny-twos

And mothers suffer ‘baby blues!’

 

As young adults, they’re now street smart

Honed confrontation a fine art

Where independence at last reigns;

Cast aside - tough growing pains!

 

The world’s their oyster, it would seem

As they embark on life’s sweet dream;

Positioned firmly at the helm

They spread their wings in business realm!

 

The wheel of fate then turns again:

Responsibilities exert strain …

Then they look back at carefree years

And drown their sorrows in more beers!


(c) Poet in the woods 2022



Medieval wheel of Fortune ...

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