Last class we read a poem called In the Middle of the Road by Elizabeth Bishop. It was kind of boring and repetitive, considering it talked about a stone in the middle of the road for 2/3rd's of the poem. I have to admit, I was pretty confused considering there wasn't much to go on.
I realized by the second time we listened to it that the stone in the middle of the road had to mean something, but I wasn't exactly sure what. Turns out it was about overcoming obstacles in life. Which makes perfect sense, considering that life is sometimes reffered to as a road.
However, the author was very somber about it. She says that she will never forget that obstacle she had to overcome, instead of forgetting it once she overcame it, she is almost letting it haunt her, which is something a lot of people tend to do- not letting go of the past. By not I mean not totally forgetting about it because that would defeat the purpose, you wouldn't grow as a person if you forgot about what you went through and how you got through it just fine. I mean that we should forgive but not forget. Don't let something haunt you down, remember it for what you have become because of it.
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