
From ‘Le Triomphe de la Mort’ by Iean Holbein
FAUSTIAN OFFERS REFUTED
He has brought me here
Recycled my life
To revive my youth
Its promise given to me again
To tempt my taste for change
Had it been different
choices changed
Those faustian offers not refuted
Where would wishes
Then rejected
Have taken me
But I know
I am no more fitted now
Than I was then
To take the right course
Choose the salient path
So once again I must reject the offer
Renew my current course
Leave longing for reason
For that unknown and unknowing
Certitude
A powerful and poignant poem Roland. There is always a part of us that thinks what if we had made such a pact? I suppose the joy is in the unknowing and having that choice to find our own way. Some deep thinking to take into the weekend. Have a good one.
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Thank you, Davy. You too.
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I find this poem both intriguing & poignant, and I’m drawn to the concluding lines, where it seems to end in a positive, resolved way. As Mr D says much to ponder, thank you for this post Roland.
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Thanks for your perceptive comment, Nigel.
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Beautiful poem Roland, both funny serious and calm.
This Faust really does interfere by recycling your life, or trying to.
We never know of course where different choices would have taken us,
we can only affect choices we make now.
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Leave longing for reason
For that unknown and unknowing
Certitude ”
Miriam
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I thank you for your kind words, Miriam.
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