Change

Nothing is new the robin on the branch or ice on pines
Each rain sparkled petal folding on its eye to sleep
When night with one stroke erases light
Years of clutter unsorted in the mind
Ending or starting around a circle vanish
And nothing changes unless the heart 
Resolves to step in the unknown and love.

First Place: Brian Strand-Max 20 Lines-1/11/19
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Gauthier Avatar
May 23, 2020 at 9:32 PM
Clever.
Gauthier Avatar
January 11, 2019 at 1:01 AM
So true. Well done, Frances. Congrats on your top win.
Pandit Avatar
January 8, 2019 at 2:25 PM
Good advice in the ending line..Happy New Year to you, Frances.
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