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Thought for the Day – Mushroom vs. Flower

Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged , , , , , on January 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »

The spirit of this age wants you to be like a mushroom (isolated & decaying in the dark), as opposed to a flower (absorbing the light & emitting a life-giving fragrance).

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Stepping on the Flowers

Posted in Free Verse / Poetry, Word Pictures, tagged , , , , on July 12, 2021| Leave a Comment »

I have trod upon the flowers

While chasing fireworks

I have crushed the tender shoots

In pursuit of momentary thunder

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I would not bend to behold them

But fixed my eyes on what could not be reached

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I have trod upon the flowers

While chasing fireworks

I have forfeited a beautiful fragrance

For the smell of burning powder

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I would not reach to touch them

But gave my heart to a shower of evaporating sparks

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I have trod upon the flowers

While chasing fireworks

I have traded a living thing

For a fleeting burst of smoke

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