Back from my spring travels to Paphos in Cyprus.
SECOND ROSE
IN EARLY SPRING YOU SHOWED YOUR WARES
WITH DELICATE HUES AND PETALS FAIR
YOUR NECTAR DRIPPED FROM FEEDING BEES
AS THEY DID SWARM ABOUT YOUR LEAVES
THEN FLOWERS STOPPED LIKE LIFE WAS SPENT
ALL SUMMER LONG NO JOYS YOU’D VENT
TIL ALL AT ONCE WHEN LEAVES DID TURN
WITH GOLDEN COLOUR YOUR HEART DID BURN
FOR THERE AT LAST ON EVERY STALK
CAME NEW BUDS THAT SEEMED TO TALK
WITH VELVET VOICE THEY DID PROCLAIM
THIS TIME YOU’D FLOWER BUT NOT THE SAME
FOR NOW THE JOY THAT CAME FROM EARTH
HAD GIVEN ALL THAT IT WAS WORTH
TIL THERE AT LAST BEFORE MY EYES
I GOT THE GREATEST OF ALL SURPRISE
A SECOND BUNCH OF ROSES
PTT FEB 2008ã
Thought To Ponder – You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself – Ethel Barrymore
A Closed Mind
There seems to be a pattern
To everything I do
From waking up each morning
To how I speak to you
Each hour has a purpose
Though some are hard to find
As I wrestle with these questions
That seem to cross my mind
The answers can evade me
Despite the way I think
But some knowledge
Is not for learning
At least that’s what I think
For it might distort my patterns
I follow everyday
And convince me in a moment
There may be another way.
PTT AUG 2013
Music On You Tube – Make It With You – Bread
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