I think that might depend on the reader! I spun my poem off the saying, "the days are long, but the years are short" because, especially now that I'm a parent, it feels truer than I'd like it to - the days often drag on, but the years are passing so quickly - so I framed my blessing as a sort of reversal of that phenomenon, but I can see how some might see a wish for shorter days as the opposite of a blessing!
I understood short days to mean days when you're so present and in the flow of your life that you lose track of time. I think for me, "longer days" would have the association of sick or bickering children or maybe long hours stuck in airports due to unexpected flight delays. 😂
I really liked this. Compact but conveyed a lot! How do you think it would read if you substituted “short” for “even longer”?
I think that might depend on the reader! I spun my poem off the saying, "the days are long, but the years are short" because, especially now that I'm a parent, it feels truer than I'd like it to - the days often drag on, but the years are passing so quickly - so I framed my blessing as a sort of reversal of that phenomenon, but I can see how some might see a wish for shorter days as the opposite of a blessing!
I understood short days to mean days when you're so present and in the flow of your life that you lose track of time. I think for me, "longer days" would have the association of sick or bickering children or maybe long hours stuck in airports due to unexpected flight delays. 😂
Yes! I figured so. Good stuff A.