Poetry inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia

Marsh-wiggles

Marsh-wiggles

Marsh-wiggles are the sort

Who look up at the sun

And say, "ah but it will rain

Before the day is done!"

"Your house is small, but don't complain

One day it may completly wreck!

Don't whine about your bruised knee;

It could have been your neck!

"At the moment, the food is good

But It will soon go bad!

And no matter how happy today is,

Tomorrow you may be sad!"

"If things are terrible for you

Don't worry, they will get worse!

Know that those who are last

Where once the very first!"

"The night is warm, but do not fear

Wait and see, it will get cold!

And though today you are young

Tomorrow you will be old!"

"No use in crying over past days

All too soon they will be forgotten!

And though the present is fresh and new

The future could be rotten!"

"You needn't sigh that you are ill

That you are confined to bed;

Rejoice that you are living still

Tomorrow you may be dead!"

There is so much bad in the good

But the good isn't all together missed.

So I gather that a marsh-wiggle,

Is an optimstic pessamist!