Who Will Care for Me?

johnjgeddes (75)in #poetry • 9 years ago (edited)

After I’m gone
Who will care
For the chipmunks and birds,

Or talk back to crows,
Make sure the tree’s watered?

Oh, I know
I have my faults,
I conflict
With everyone…

But the poor creatures
Of the earth
Have no one,

And if not for me
Who would feed them?

I care for trees
And animals
And all their tiny spawn

But will you care for me
After I’m gone?

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9 years ago in #poetry by johnjgeddes (75)

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emmamia (65) 9 years ago

I really like your poem. It gets you to think about life and the time after our being here on Earth and not knowing what will happen tomorrow.

But isn't the whole point of not knowing? Because if we would know definitely what and when will something happen and who will miss us or not, then we wouldn't have time to enjoy our life right here and now. We would be preocupied with a thought about future.

So my advice is just live and enjoy every day as much as you can! And keep on writing, 'cause you are good at it.

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johnjgeddes (75) 9 years ago

thanks, @emmamia I agree with your advice and appreciate your encouragement :)

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presentminded (45) 9 years ago (edited)

Hi @johnjgeddes, Love the way you build such solid imagery with simple phrasing:-) Liked your happy birthday post, I both empathized with and have experienced much of what you wrote, and hope in about a year from now I can look back and see I have does as well in the Steemit community as you have. keep Creating:-)

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johnjgeddes (75) 9 years ago (edited)

thank you so much, @presentminded -I suppose the key is posting every day and writing meaningful comments on posts such as your response to mine. I appreciate that

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glosarlo (58) 9 years ago

Es muy refexivo.nos invita a pensar

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johnjgeddes (75) 9 years ago

thank you, @glosario - that is a real compliment - 'invites us to think'

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fantasticmonkey (37) 9 years ago

@johnjgeddes Its very interesting info.. Terrific post keep it up.

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johnjgeddes (75) 9 years ago

thanks

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roop (49) 9 years ago

Really nice

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johnjgeddes (75) 9 years ago

thanks, @roop

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countrygirl (66) 9 years ago (edited)

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” Matthew 6:25-26 (NIV)

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