Did you ever sense a feeling of impending doom and want to do something worthwhile right before the hammer struck? It's all about the one defining moment that changes your life. That's how I felt about In the Old Age of the Soul."
"There cometh on me/ Some strange old lust for deeds," (1-2) he says. Seems as though he's recollecting a time from his past where he wanted to show the world that he could be somebody. Time changes, and now his feet are like lead, slowing down - almost halting - with age. With passed time, his youthfulness also leaves him.
"Grown old with many a jousting, many a foray,/ Grown old with many hither-coming and hence-going," (7-8). The soul, now, is old...it is tired from fighting the long fight, but he wants to continue living. How hard it must be to want to fight when you know you're broken. This is when all things come to significance - the last dying breath, the culmination of your entire life that explodes in one dazzling firework and then just simply fades away, leaving behind nothing but an impression in the mind. This is when time runs out, and you have to squeeze every last drop into one moment.
Posted by NehaBawa at March 1, 2005 08:37 PM | TrackBack