2009-02-10
Renhai Reflections 77: Being Myself
Being Myself
I always like to go outside
When darkness fills the skies.
In flight, my ears are open wide,
And not my beady eyes.
I do not care for fancy snacks,
I'd sooner munch on flies.
And beetles found in nooks and cracks
Are quite a yummy prize.
When sun comes up I find the caves
To snooze the day away -
No time to catch more echo waves
For finding other prey.
While hanging upside-down to rest
From any rocky shelf,
I know I'll do my very best
To be... well, just myself.
[Here is a "who am I?" type children's rhyme I recently wrote, again with much help from Zhanna.]
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9 comments:
Enjoyed, Masago :)
"I always like to go outside
When darkness fills the skies."
I wish I could do that as freely as a man--
In India its not so easy or good for women :)
wishes,
devika
yes I also enjoyed
john
well, you've done justice to the critters :)
I'm going to show this to some of our teachers. They should use it. Wonderful work!
A wonderful flight of poetic imagination. And pretty philosophical too. Reminds me of Plato’s idea of man as a cave-dweller living in the shadowy world of relative truths. To cut a long story short, though, an Eastern saying might do: ‘Bats come out at night’!:)
Thank you all!
Devika: :-) The advantages of being a bat.
Andrew: I'd be interested to hear how he/she would use it and the result. Thanks.
Borut: Right, as do men & women of the night set. :-)
Delightful, Vaughn, with a real childlike spirit.
Wonderful Vaughn! Children would love this.
Indeed, this realization is a real wonder, thank you for this article in any case.
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