MorpheusSandman
12-11-2008, 01:55 AM
('La Strada' is Italian for "The Road". The title was inspired by a Federico Fellini film by the same name).
Upon a well-worn battered road they’re born
Yet unaware of life inside or out,
All daily being with no higher doubt
Of meaning’s fire or icy death to mourn.
But kindled in all kindred breast’s a spark;
A yearning meant to mark the been and gone,
Existence tried in dusk to trigger dawn
And rise up from the dust into an ark.
In empathy I praise that creature then
And now, though far and wide they’ve come, so far
From unknown destination are they still.
So life does pass unconquered for all men;
That flame, elusive, burns up like a star;
That road, illusive, ends at winter’s chill.
Upon a well-worn battered road they’re born
Yet unaware of life inside or out,
All daily being with no higher doubt
Of meaning’s fire or icy death to mourn.
But kindled in all kindred breast’s a spark;
A yearning meant to mark the been and gone,
Existence tried in dusk to trigger dawn
And rise up from the dust into an ark.
In empathy I praise that creature then
And now, though far and wide they’ve come, so far
From unknown destination are they still.
So life does pass unconquered for all men;
That flame, elusive, burns up like a star;
That road, illusive, ends at winter’s chill.