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Wednesday 25 July 2012
Soul Mates?
Six weeks a student teacher,
first experience of a modern school,
light and airy, one to die for - and the thought
was never far away. Adjacent to
the crematorium.
So every half-an-hour or so
this vista through the classroom's picture window:
a long procession and a puff of smoke.
Sometimes a puff of smoke and a procession.
Beyond the crematorium
another one, for pets.
This too, had its own (smaller) puffs of smoke.
And so I'd wonder,
the two puffs coinciding,
if perhaps they'd met,
the pet's soul and its human counterpart,
and if they had, what greeting would they get
when they would reach their final destination?
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13 comments:
An interesting thought. Are they going to the same destination? I suspect that various religions would have very different answers to that question. As would some individuals.
smiles...def an interesting thought...and sometimes perhaps true in their passing together...i like to think they will be together again on the other side..
Good thoughts. Yes, I think the two souls have the same fate.
I could see the child looking out of the class window and wondering...I hope they would get to be together again. Awww
Nice thoughts Dave.
It's amazing all the blogs talking about McCrea- Caron- Hetu and " Chuck Norris".
it's not abstract anymore and either are explosives with Ace.
I found this so beautiful and deeply moving.
What a wonderful thought...the pet reunited with his owner on their final journey.
Definitely my kind of poem, Dave! :)
I could answer very simply ( and without irony !) "God knows".
Great final question and great poem David.
Interesting and coincidental as my husband and I have just been discussing the afterlife for pets (over a glass of wine in the garden - summer has arrived here in Wales would you believe).
Definitely think the hereafter will include both humans and their beloved pets.
The contrast of youth and death took an unexpected and thoughtful turn. Nice one Dave.
A delightful speculation! A fine demonstration of the idle ponder that leads to the fine poem.
I have never thought about that, even my former pet was cremated...
It's your experience when you were a student teacher?
All
As you will see, I have had to junk the word recognition for moderation. The nuisance was not a smart robot but a very unsmart saddo. Sorry that it will involve a delay in showing your contributions.
The Elephant's Child
I'm sure you're correct with both guesses. The children - who first raised this as a philosophical/theological issue - also had a range of answers.
Brian
That is what the children mostly thought - but some had way-out suggestions as to how that might be achieved!
Leovi
I have always thought that of humans, but pets was a new thought for me.
daydreamertoo
Thanks, most everythin was nice at that school.
Ygraine
Thanks. I must say, I hadn't expected the comments to be so unanimous.
Tommaso
I think we could all say AMEN to that. Thanks for the appreciative words.
Cait
There you go then - the sychronicity of the web strikes yet again!
Mary
I'm beginning to think you are part of the vast majority. Thanks for saying.
Carl
That's much what I thought at the beginning of my stint, but the children (9-10) took it all in their stride.
Dick
Hi, Good to hear from you. Thanks for the perceptive comment - not that it's a fine poem, bot that idle ponder often does lead ud there!
haricot
it was myexperience, yes, I did a six week practise as part of my training,
and took this one class for most of that time.
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