The Pigeons and the Girls

The poem The Pigeons and the Girls brought back memories for me. I think that’s why I enjoyed the poem as much as I did. In the first stanza, the last three lines, “Above traffic, those two pigeons, they raised with a single motion their heads toward the light.” To me this represents those days where you are just soaking up the sun, in deep thought, and just enjoying life altogether. The part “above traffic” is what made me think about them being in deep thought, and the birds being in a calm peaceful place without anything bothering them. The next part, about the girls, is what really brought on the memories for me, “Still she held the other by the hand, for the other was thin, she limped, a thigh or hip bone was not working right. The girl led this other one along−” This is like a memory from my own head. My grandma was very sick, and I used to spend much of my time with her just soaking up the sun and her love. I would help her out into the back yard, and we would sit on her swing and talk or sometimes just think and enjoy our time together, like those to ladies at the pool. Those are the best days, and those are the days to remember. But like the poem says towards the end, these things don’t last forever so enjoy them while you can… eventually everyone has to take the sheet off and go back to reality and leave the peace and serenity sometime. At the end of the day, I really liked this poem because it brings me back to some great memories, it makes me want to just stay under the sheet in peace and remember the best days…