Today at the Pond - Herotomost is asking us to tell the universal truth of life - as seen through eyes of a child. He explains it much better here.
*******
When Nana died
She didn't cry.
She just blinked
And asked why...
... Daddy Why?
Then together
In a thinking state of mind
We decided Nana lived
The kind of life you only find
At the end of roads travelled
In a way we both surmised
That even God would have approved of.
Nana always used to tell us
we all get a certain sum of ticks and beats
and using them the best we can
is what makes a life complete.
So I told her Nana lived life well
and her time had just ran out.
Then I waited with breath bated
Fretting over if she got it.
This all was a puzzle to her
So she sat a beat to see
If she could sort it out.
I watched her work
across the possibilities with
a curiously furrowed brow.
Then in just the right amount of ticks
And with a teary big-eyed look
She turned to me and said:
"If Nana died when time ran out,
Dad, let's just take our time."
I knew just then she’d found The Secret
and I hoped that she would keep it
until such a time as she would need it
for a life lived to completion.
********
