Tag: Time

Giants

I was the young one, They were the giants; Laughing across dinner tables, Looking down at me through Glowing wrinkled faces; I was a marvel to them, they said, And I believed them, All my superpowers on display, As off I went on still Another adventure. Now I am The old one, Looking out at … Continue reading "Giants"

Seasons

In spring, you feel the newness of it all. Each feeling is a flower, fresh, unique; Like love or loneliness, each one is pure, And beauty of discovery hangs round The edges of the garden path that leads To who you want to be and where and how — In spring, you feel the newness … Continue reading "Seasons"

This One Idea

Do good things come to those who wait? Or do they waste their days And months and years in wishing For the slightest of displays That what they hope for might come true? It’s hard to make a rule — That one could then encapsulate To teach at home or school. But this — this … Continue reading "This One Idea"

forgotten

a love a business long forgotten many tables many lips the world is made of failure and the landscape of arrangements few will see and even sooner lost forgotten

The Grove

I woke. My people turned to trees. Then wondered, if I had the chance Could I, too, with the cold winds learn   to dance?   It is the grove that gives us life. The sun, the soil that we share, The tears of those who watch o’erhead,   their left-by mulch, subconsciously aware — … Continue reading "The Grove"

The Burning Ones

I sat and watched the burning ones. They came in twos and threes: The night was their intoxicant, And ardor, their disease — I see them, too, in memory, They’re everywhere about — For when you are a burning one, You’re destined to Go out

The Life That I Remember

The life that I remember Is like a falling star, So brief, and so ephemeral, And only viewed afar — The life that I remember Had meaning, I recall — But flashed so short, it seems Like it was never there At all