Clarexicity

CLARITY is lost when good 
escapes an easy definition, 
and bad is not predictably 
a cowboy dressed in black. 

COMPLEXITY confounds, from losing 
innocence to courting possibilities, 
from childhood's casual cakewalk 
to the forced march of responsibilities, 
the blurring of all boundaries, 
the complications of a simple yes or no. 

SIMPLICITY has yes written all over it.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Bauer Avatar
March 10, 2016 at 3:00 PM
love the cowboy line and the last line, too. this is very philosophical, keith, but it rings so true...
Bickerstaffe Avatar
March 11, 2016 at 1:08 PM
Thanks Ilene! I hope it wasn't too abstruse!!! Best wishes, Keith
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