Puddleglum
[If you’re reading this, hopefully you have also read the Narnia series by C. S. Lewis,
specifically “The Silver Chair.” In it you will find an interesting character who lives
in a marsh. He is exceedingly pessimistic, but absolutely comes through with courage
in a pinch.
For those who have studied Myers-Briggs personality types, I’m guessing that he is an
INFP, which is my type.]
I hope to be like Puddleglum,
That Marsh-Wiggle of late fame,
Who thought of everything the worst,
But managed all the same.
Though saying that no plan could work,
He bravely followed through.
While saying nay, he traveled on,
He stuck beside his crew.
He said, “You can’t, it mustn’t be,”
But when put to the test,
He took the pain, amidst the flame
And battled with the rest.
Now, if I go to Narnia,
Through wardrobe or some means,
I hope that I can be as brave
As Puddleglum, he seems.
