Not always feasible – it
Errs in its lack of
Verification (and its possibility):
Extreme statements are
Rarely totally true.
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Not Always
A(n)
An overachiever A procrastinator
An extrovert An introvert
A tea-totaler A barfly
A talker A listener
A writer A reader
A watcher A dancer
A neat-freak A slob
All wrapped into one:
A singular mob.
Soft Sand
Toes first, you sink –
Soft sand, separating,
Surrounding, embracing:
Warm and dry above,
Cool and damp below
In an entrancing duet.
The deep hushing roar,
Ever-present, soothes
In the back of your mind
As the children play,
And the gulls cry.
Warm Waves
The first warm wave
Thaws and comforts,
Unclenching the trembling knot
Of winter’s chill:
A welcome relief.
The second, the third,
Unthaw the thawed,
Cooking the sun-warmed flesh
Then, smoking it to jerky:
A relentless intensity.
Overshadowed and Lost
Soft, glowing memories
Of white flowers:
Tiny, touched with sunshine,
Sweetening the wind –
Sweeter still to the taste:
Overshadowed and lost
To an aggressive imposter –
Bitter and unscented:
Unsweet and relentless.
He
He waters the ground with patience, care.
He adds fertilizer and lays straw there.
He tends and tends and tears his hair,
But dead seeds won’t grow,
So the land stays bare.
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