Jack and Jill went up a hill to fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down and broke his crown
and Jill turned him into her parrot.
Back down through town
Poor jack could be found
Being shown all around as Jill's trophy
Jack thought himself blessed
To be the one Jill loved best
And proudly spouted the words that she gave him
Thus Jack was deserted
Thanks to the words that he'd spurted
For his friends lost all patience with him
Jill said Jack never you mind
The rest of the world is blind
For Jill had fallen in love with her creation
Poor Jack thought her true
(Though the poor soul had no clue)
She was not the one to love him through the hereafter
Jack sought to travel the world
He was such a beautiful bird
And Jill promised to him her forever.
So Jack gave her his heart
Though he knew it wasn't smart
And he banished all thoughts of his mistake
When home Jack returned
That poor soul learned
How Jill had not for him waited
A prince had come, and in town he had found
A beauty he wished to be crowned
Twas Jill, that unfaithful girl he'd chosen!
Jill flattered and wooed
Her predicament she did brood
And wrote poor Jack a 'Dear John'
Now Jack was betrayed
His poor heart tattered and frayed
To that hill with heavy feet he did trod.
Sitting atop he did cry
Asking, Dear Father, Why?
My soul is now broken in two!
A Dove did descend
And reminded him of his friend
Then left poor Jack with a bottle of glue.
The boy stayed his tears
As he grappled with his fears
And looked down in the grass where he sat
His old crown he saw there
Full of hope Jack shouted a prayer
And set to work with his glue in hand
The task now complete
Jack looked down at his feat
The crown sparkled and gleamed like new
On his head still it fit
There forever will it sit
For Jack finally learned his lesson
When your heart says to you, 'No'
And still forth you do go
Down the hill you are sure to tumble
But when truth you do follow
And your pride you do swallow
Peace and love will be yours in the end
On occasion they do go back
Atop the hill for dear Jack
So he can remember the lesson he learned.
Jack with his crown
Jack with his crown
Should never again frown
As forever the two will live in Happy ...Comradery...?
8 comments:
LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!
Aren't I clever!? Haha! Jill could be a person, and I can see how this could very well relate to someone we all know of... but think of it this way, Jill as the pride and the ways of the world. Jack goes out to find adventure and experience and comes home to find life has moved on without him. Nothing is as it was... save it be his testimony and the relationship he had/has with Christ he first let go of when he was caught up in the beauty of his pride at having fallen and what the world has put into his mouth.
Suddenly as silly poem has a religious meaning, perfect for any cheesy relief society lesson!
So we all know who Jack is in real life.. Am I correct?
You know who Jack could be, but that wasn't my original intention. I wasn't thinking of any person specifically. Truthfully there are a few people I could peg as Jack if I were to form him after a specific person, but Jill has always been the world and pride, not an actual person.
If that makes sense.
So wait, who is Jack?
And you said that Jill could be a person, who could she be?
I am Jack, and I am Jill in a manner of speaking.
The girls above have someone else in mind for Jack. The Jack they are thinking of is a friend of mine.
So Jill is a person then?
Not necessarily. If you absolutely have to peg both characters as a person, then I am both Jill and Jack.
I didn't write this out of spite, or anger towards someone. It started out as me thinking of Adam and Eve. The Words the serpent put into Eve's mouth are what made both Adam and Eve take a tumble. The way my mind works, that thought bubble lead to the words my pride has put into my mouth and the ride it takes a person on, so on and so forth down the poem until you reach the last few stanza's when a person has hit heartbreak because of their pride-ride and they are left with nothing but their Savior to lean on and show them the way. As is shown by the Dove leaving Jack glue to repair his testimony and the relationship Jack once had with his Savior. Make more sense now?
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