Reality proves daunting

bit tricky to comprehend

Rigidity seldom sustains

must learn aptly to bend

Time plays a role pivotal

in forging future ahead

For your cup to be fullest

or empty if deem instead

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Today I got up in the morning

Before the dawn

And watched the spring

Dressed in a beautiful gown

Passing to summer its crown.

I opened my door wide

To watch the summer like a bride

 Accepts her sister’s presents.

The moment of love and peace,

The moment of happiness

I would love to seize.

The moment of sadness

I would love to cease.

I walked to...

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(not) painting a Carr’s water-biscuit box

George looked at me, in an all-knowing way, and said
“paint what you see”
as he handed me a Carr’s water-biscuit box

it’s blue, I thought, and boring,
but I took it away and set it on a table
in luke-warm autumn sunlight

after a while, I had a rough oil pastel sketch
that I thought was quite accomplished
I had caught the slight sheen from th...

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