Trying to be Optimistic

[purplecat]

This was copied by younger self from, I think, Poems on the Underground which my mother owned.

Everything Changes
after Brecht, `Alles wandelt sich'

Everything changes. We plant
trees for those born later
but what's happened has happened
and poisons poured into the seas
cannot be drained out again.

What's happened has happened.
Poisons poured into the seas
cannot be drained out again, but
everything changes. We plant
trees for those born later.

CICELY HERBERT

Comments

[sally_maria]

Thank you - that's surprisingly comforting. *stealing for future reference*

[purplecat]

I'm not normally a big fan of poetry, but it can be remarkably powerful on the right occasion.

[fififolle]

I hope so... x

[purplecat]

So do I.

This really doesn't have to be terrible if good sense and pragmatism prevail - which, of course, may be asking a lot of the combination of Boris Johnson and Jean-Claude Juncker.

[fififolle]

And that is the crux of it!