Hey, thanx. Yeah, I wrote this. Sometimes things just come to my brain and I have legal pads all over the house to scribble these things down to get them out of my head. It's the duality of everything about life and death, most of our experiences are either to one extreme or the other and only at the calm times can I find peace, or contentment. Happiness is manic, sadness is depression, spontaneity is reckless impulsiveness, life is death, and through death, we finally live. Does that make any sense? God bless! Vicki
Thanks for posting, Vicki - welcome to BetterMost, Friend. I also appreciate your poem and some of the feelings it evokes in me.
I think that the duality that you describe above fits really nicely with some of the themes of
Brokeback Mountain, but I do not know if you intended it or not - I suspect not.
Nonetheless, I think that just goes to prove that BBM reached so many of us because the themes are universal:
Life flows from the body
...Life comes and goes in extremes
With moderation, until death, life succeeds.
These lines speak to me particularly - they make me think of Jack as he lies dying by the side of the road. Maybe he reflected on his life, if he had the time, appreciating the high and passionate times he shared with Ennis.
Then I contrast that with Ennis' moderation - his inability to make the extreme commitment Jack so desired. \\
At the end, you tie it up nicely - with Jack's death, Ennis learns how much he was really loved and how much he lost due to the cautious life he felt forced to live. I'm in the camp who thinks Ennis agreeing to miss the round-up for Junior's wedding means that through Jack's death, Ennis learns to live and love or as you put it - "life succeeds."
Hugs,
Lynne
