She looked up from her weeding-
An old man stood at her garden gate;
Somehow she felt he was needing
Someone to talk to-she would wait.
He simply stood there quietly staring
From eyes grown watery and dim.
She thought she would be a bit daring
And slowly moved nearer to him.
She saw a tear slip down his face;
A trembling hand reached to brush it away.
Quietly she stayed there in her place-
She would let him have his say.
He whispered low, words she almost missed,
I wish that I had known
To teach my children more of this
Before they were full-grown.
I was so busy earning a living,
They never stood at my knee;
I wish they could be more forgiving,
For then I was too blind to see.
Our relationship now is brittle,
They have no time for me-
Just like when they were little
And never stood at my knee."
Geneva Miller
What do you think Geneva is expressing with this poem?
Sunday, October 29, 2006
There is Time Now...For Tears
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Take time for the little things. The most important of which are little people.
A person on their death bed never wished they had spent more time at the office or more time cleaning their house or more time taking business trips or more time shopping, etc.
A person on their death bed, wishes they had spent more meaningful time with friends and family, telling them and showing them just how important they are and exactly how much they are loved. The person wishes they could have lived their life differently and lived for the things that really matter and they wish they hadn't wasted their time on themselves instead of living for God.
So much time wasted!
Jennifer
I know the poem expresses regret--remorse over missed opportunities gone by. However, I still feel there is something here that I am not picking up on.
The lone quotation mark at the end of the poem is not a typo on my part. That is how it appears in the book. I assume the publisher made the error.
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