Friday, September 08, 2006

Traditional Flow

Youth attends the rose, age the soil,
and in this roiling strain the world
goes on. Are new songs truer
than the old? Is boldness
more valuable than golden age?
Even the sages disagree,
and we are often left between
the cleft of rock and sea. Ideas
weave their way into the mix
and try to fix everything
with tidy simplification,
while the ones who know go
with the traditional flow.

1 comment:

  1. Ken, one of your best pieces yet. Tightly composed, nice dichotomy between young and old and our respective foci. A true verbal snapshot of the human condition, from a traditionalist perspective. Well done.

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