The poetic city: “Musings Under The Oaks : An Earthly Being In Awe”

Forgetting in order to remember. (Photo: Getty)

Musings Under The Oaks : An Earthly Being In Awe 

 

The more I forget

the greater the pleasure 

in what I remember. 

 

The more corruption I see

the more I enjoy

the innocent play of children. 

 

As my body yields to age

the greater my delight 

in youth whizzing by. 

 

And day by day

I become evermore in awe

that there is anything at all, 

much less this.

 

Reece Burka 

8/25/2020