FEEDBACK FROM READERS OF SECOND JOURNEY

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GKC

 

In the past week, I read through this new poetry book, "Second Journey," while gathering my thoughts and new-found inspirations from this book. I believe the author intended to uplift and transform readers into a butterfly, to appreciate every moment of life. To truly appreciate the beauty of things in nature is independent of the length of one's lifespan. It is contagious; once you start loitering in the garden, hearing voices from the unlikely source, lingering on the journey's path, and dozing off in your dreams, you just cannot stop to encounter the experiential life. It looks like you will continue on the second journey indefinitely, in spite of the fact that sometimes you are tired and exhausted. And you may have to seek the divine peace and quiet in a church. But the excitement in exploring uncharted water, the learning from enchanting prophets and poets, and the occasional serendipity of enlightenment will rejuvenate you instantly.

 

At some point in life, the reader may choose to set sail with a patched, amended ship for a second journey. For this trip, the alternate-self was morphed into S. J. Cummings, who is not afraid to see, to hear, to feel, to smell, to stimulate and to imagine. I followed S.J. through this book of adventures, and I believe he is far more idealistic and optimistic than the world depicted in the epic poem "The Second Coming," by W. B. Yeats, in which the world is unraveling, crumbling down, losing control with degenerating faith. He predicted the Apocalypse was coming, headed by a beast with a human head and lion's body, inching towards Bethlehem.