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Thoughts, Cracked and Imperfect, A Poem

Posted in humor, inspiration, tagged , , , , , , on August 20, 2022| 1 Comment » 











“Guard well your thoughts when alone and your words when accompanied.” 
― Roy T. Bennett

Thoughts, Cracked and Imperfect

small thoughts wander through small minds
the way grains of sand move inside a plastic water bucket

EXAGGERATED THOUGHTS CHARGE THROUGH INFLATED MINDS
WITH THE CLAMOR OF BLINDED DRIVERS SPEEDING THROUGH ORANGE BARRELS

DisJointed tHoughtS haZZard tHrough ScaTTered miNds
LiKE  a hUndrEd lOsinG lottery TicKets FloatinG in a fLoodeD STreaM.

Clear thoughts carry possibilities,
confined by human limitations.

small, EXAGGERATED, and DisJointed fraGmentS impoSe
upoN clariTy. 

May I keep my mouth shut
until clarity wins.


					
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Gratitude, Packed Ice-thick

					

					Posted in inspiration, tagged , , , , ,  on February 10, 2022|
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ice-covered branch


Being grateful does not mean that everything is necessarily good. It just means that you can accept it as a gift. (Roy T. Bennett)




 Ice and sun create art on the bare trees in our back yard. I can’t say the same thing about the street. And I live between the two. Both real. 


 One side flashes beauty, the other danger.


 One neighbor comes from close by. Another friend trudges on foot from several miles away. 


 They stab the ice and win, saving two elderly people.


 And the street waits for help. It will come. But the sun has already joined two places with a thing called love.


 I answer with a thing called gratitude.


 

					
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