Pushing The Night
Submitted by melcichon on May 18, 2007 - 7:36pm.
English | Poetry | poverty
You see him around
In tattered clothes, barefooted
Pushing his crooked cart
For an honest living
In a blind city.
He lights his kerosene lamp to push the night
In his see-through home.
But the wind keeps on blowing it out.
Like his cart
He keeps on pushing the night
To know the dawn.
Melcichon
He is a librarian by day and a poet at night. He was born in Aklan but grew up in Zamboanga City and then matured in Diliman. Now he works in Iloilo City.
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Pushing the Night
Submitted by melcichon on May 21, 2007 - 11:55am.
To know the dawn
This last line can stand several meanings:
dawn could mean new life, free from poverty, equality, happiness. success--in short: better life.
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That's obvious enough...
Submitted by Fur Elise Da Mirage on May 21, 2007 - 1:42pm.
I'm hinting at the fact that your poem is ambiguous. Try giving the reader a little bit more information... a little detail perhaps?
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Pushing The Night
Submitted by melcichon on May 21, 2007 - 7:01pm.
I will leave the details to the readers.
Thank you for your comments.
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This made me think of that song...
He made the night a little brighter
Wherever he may go
The old lamp lighter, of long, long ago...
Quick question:
Why did you chose that last line?
-->"To know the dawn"
Just curious.... mainly cause I can't fathom reasons for such a choice...