Parting Ways
Recently a lot of things went through my mind. Just this morning I was in a lecture about 20th century war poetry, and we're listening to the lecturer's chanting of Thomas Hardy's Convergence of the Twain . Her words never seem more true and real than what she said that moment about the time-transcending nature of Hardy's poems. I felt though that it seemed to have me reflecting on the opposite of what I should have felt. If ever two opposing forces should be destined to meet each other in the vast sea of people, why should it then be destined also for them to leave each other? It's sad beauty isn't it, to have to see people parting ways, and that sudden swing of mood left you wondered about those jolly moments that those two might have shared. I was just wondering if ever the Iceberg was supposed to cross its path with the Titanic. Two splendid creatures, one by The Almighty, the other Man himself - should it ever be so significant that it be told years later o...