Nothing to be said

Nothing to be said

Stanza 1

For nations vague as weed, 

for nomads among stones, 

Small-statured  cross-faced tribes 

And cobble close families 

in mill towns on dark mornings 

Life is slow dying. 

This stanza shows that no matter who we are we all die.Throughout our lives we live them for as long as we possibly can until we inevitably die. No matter who we are we cannot escape our death. There is nothing that we can do to escape this.

Stanza 2 

So are their separate ways 

of building, benediction,

Measuring love and money 

Ways of slowly dying.

The day spent hunting pig

Or holding a garden party,

We should all try to enjoy life the best we can because it will not last and sooner or later we all die. 

No matter what we do to enjoy ourselves can only prolong or shorten how long it takes for death to come. 

Stanza 3 

Hours giving evidence 

or birth, advance 

on death equally slowly.

And saying so to some 

Means nothing; others it leaves 

Nothing to be said. 

We could try to be philosophical and find out the true meaning, but most of us are happy to live out our live suntil the inevitable end.