Ebb and Flow II

Every morning when we wake,
There’s no way for us to know
Which direction we will take
Or how the day will ebb and flow.

Maybe someone’s feeling sick
Or possibly, the car won’t start.
Stressors wait - just make your pick,
For they can tear your world apart.

Or you’ll get the greatest news
And there’ll be smiles and shouts and hugs.
Sadly, we don’t get to choose
Among the highs and lows and shrugs.

Yet we deal with what we get
And somehow, through it all, we cope
Because our fortune’s never set
And for tomorrow - there is hope.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2025



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Date: 1/5/2025 8:44:00 PM
A great way to look at each new waking day! I start my day with a light breakfast (a coffee and a store bought pastry or a biscotti I made myself; then feed the dog. For the next fews until noon I either write, edit poems or translate in German, French and German – just to keep not to lose too much of my fluency in these languages. After lunch it's calling friends or grocery shopping. / Maurice
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Date: 1/4/2025 2:48:00 PM
Wow ilene what an amazing poem….with absolute truth….we just never know….its all a bit of a mystery! A positive poem of hope….love it!! Debx
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Date: 1/3/2025 11:27:00 PM
Ilene, This is a beautiful, hopeful poem. A mix of hope and reality, each in just the right measure. A great one to start out a new year.
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 1/4/2025 12:59:00 PM
what a lovely comment, dean! thank you very much!
Date: 1/3/2025 12:23:00 PM
- My day started with a blizzard, Ilene ... walked my dogs ... came in like a frozen snowman ... and for tomorrow more snow ... sigh ... I survive ... I think :) - hugs
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Date: 1/4/2025 12:59:00 PM
i guess we have no choice but to hang in there, anne-lise! i imagine your blizzards happen a bit more often where you live than where i do...
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