In the Shadow of Covid 19

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My monthly post is inevitably topical.

Falling Apart

In the garden

daffodils wilt; blossom falls.

Some may see each day

endlessly repeating

like a wind-up toy, while

what may seem hum drum,

the hum of the fridge,

a ticking clock,

the science fiction silence outside,

is the world renewing itself

in each dying moment. . .

And we too, while honouring

the bitter taste

of each remembered mistake

can fall apart again and again.

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Ageing

Seventy three years

cultivating karma

yet there is no self in each breath

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Surprised By Joy

Sitting alone

sudden birdsong

extinguishes dreams.