We may evaluate many consequences or rewards, but in the end, we will base our decision off of our basic understanding or core beliefs. The wind will make us retrace our steps to previous times. We may go as far back to make a decision to the morning we were born. The poem elaborates on this when the narrator speak of, “the morning you were born”. The day we were brought into this world, we were given genetics and a unique identity. All which come to play in our everyday decision making. Finally, the ending quote says, “I wish for you[r] unshakeable faith in a wisdom that will outlive the springbok or the lion, you or me, my love for you, huge as it is, and the air’s apparent kindness as it kills.” By having a strong faith, we can survive in life without having to ever be a springbok or a lion. We must be smart to not be the lion, and learn to not position anybody into bad circumstances they must crawl out of. We also don’t have to put ourselves in situations we don’t want to be in like the springbok if we’re careful and clever. We must approach things with caution, as even the air isn’t
We may evaluate many consequences or rewards, but in the end, we will base our decision off of our basic understanding or core beliefs. The wind will make us retrace our steps to previous times. We may go as far back to make a decision to the morning we were born. The poem elaborates on this when the narrator speak of, “the morning you were born”. The day we were brought into this world, we were given genetics and a unique identity. All which come to play in our everyday decision making. Finally, the ending quote says, “I wish for you[r] unshakeable faith in a wisdom that will outlive the springbok or the lion, you or me, my love for you, huge as it is, and the air’s apparent kindness as it kills.” By having a strong faith, we can survive in life without having to ever be a springbok or a lion. We must be smart to not be the lion, and learn to not position anybody into bad circumstances they must crawl out of. We also don’t have to put ourselves in situations we don’t want to be in like the springbok if we’re careful and clever. We must approach things with caution, as even the air isn’t