Man and the Seagull
by a.k.a. Oko_ne 1999
The Seagull said to the man,
“What is it that you hold in your hand?”
The man said to the seagull,
“I hold in my hand a shell, a snail and
a grain of sand.
The shell is for the snail to live
The snail a reminder of time
The grain of sand,
Life so small,
made the shell
and the beach on which I stand.
Reminders of life are what I hold in my hand.
The Seagull said to the man,
“I carry no shell, or snail or grain of sand. Why is it that you hold such things in your hand?”
The man said,
“I carry such reminders to keep in mind,
Where I have come from ,
and what I do not understand.”
Angela m. Kneale copyright 1999
