So this is my first NaPo challenge, and I am determined to actually finish this through. I am writing this memento weeks into the challenge. Without even realizing it, I created a theme, a common thread binding all my poems together. Which leads me to why I chose the title of this NaPo thread. Almost all, or at least most, of my poems are about trying to do the impossible, for example skipping stones on the ocean. While it is not impossible to do this, it is something that you would do in vain because the ocean is not a tranquil pond, so you won't get very far by doing it.
But you accept the challenge, step up to the plate, and try anyway. Even when you know or believe what you are doing is in vain, you do it anyway, even when you get the same results, or the results you don't want, or sometimes no results (at least not immediately).
That is the stage of life I am in right now, possibly pursuing a career and even relationship that may never give me what I want to attain. But that doesn't stop me from trying, recklessly, whole-heartedly, and maybe to a degree, in vain. And I think to do that, to still and defy logic to skip stones on the ocean, just might be both the dumbest and one of the bravest things you can ever do in life, so thank you if you're reading this or my poems. I hope you can get something out of it.
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