Lost Dog

Vital eyes of a loving companion
are not to be found in a thicket full
of  overgrown woody and green distractions
that once embraced her mind so bored and dull

Absence is amplified by dark silence.
At high noon a siren sounds for return,
waiting, watching and wonder the penance
for the forgotten confidante I yearn.

Alas, a jingle from afar tickles
the worrisome ears on a widow's peak.
A rush from the brush ignites a fickle
excitement that is burning so to speak.
Frantic brown eyes meet worried and wrinkled
blue for an embrace that's unique and true.

Critical

Thomas Hardy's "Hap" is a poem that embraces nihilism and focuses on the idea that as an individual you have no control over your own fate, destiny or life.  Hardy is relieved that his misfortune and perdition is not of his own doing, but the choosing of a godly being that is more powerful than him.  This type of thinking alleviates the sense of accountability for ones actions, live and future.  This is a very dangerous theory of thought that can prove to be very destructive to the individual and to the people involved in their life.  In Hardy’s “Hap” he is saying that he has no control over the pain or gladness that he experiences in life which mitigates his own responsibility to take actions against pain, or to welcome happiness.  With this type of thinking it leads to a very sedentary and helpless reality.  In Hardy’s poem “Neutral Tones” he paints the drab picture of a 19th century break up on a bleak winter day.  In both of these poems the tone is set to be dark and dismal with no real inkling of a light at the end of the tunnel.  Both poems also allude to his helplessness and inability to control the situations that arise in his life.  

If I were to have the same dismal outlook of life as Thomas Hardy I would certainly cary myself differently.  I like to believe that I am the only person who has control of my life.  Life is a game of chance, but that is what makes it worth while and interesting.  My own personal philosophy to “succeeding”  in life is to be open to change, be willing to adapt and most of all you have got to roll with the punches. 

So.  This is my blog, eh?