A Line

I started drawing a line, years and years ago.
It was a line, going straight ahead in front of me.
No sign of where it ends, no bends.
Two things you can do.
Follow the line and see where it goes...
or bend the line slightly and see what happens.

 

 

In your life you can look ahead and see where everything is going
Moving over that line till it stops.
Then you drew that line.... and ended it...
but why were you there?
what were you needed for?
You just sat still and watched...
seeing what happened around you and how things went.

 

 

But like an old computer game says:
"The meaning of life is....
... to pick up things here....
....and put them there"

You have to bend the line a bit,
along the way.... into a new direction.
Do not stand still, watching what happens next.
You may bend it into the wrong direction...
but you learn from that.
Learning makes you find out how to do it right...
It will give you a new vision on how to bend the line next
You'll find the way, searching and trying...
but each time you'll gather new knowledge
and your efforts show.

I am walking on that line,
you are walking on a line too.
If it is going straight ahead...
you may think you advance.....
.... but in fact you only move.

 

 

By Chris van Bijsterveldt

"Terrensi"