From 1 Extreme 2 the Next Happiness Regret Personified
1 minute smiling
Like a Cheshire cat
Laid in wait like a masked paid assassin
Only for 2 minutes later
To be found crying
Lying in the fetal position
Sucking on your own thumb
Like a new born baby
Cradled in a manger
No 1 knows or for what
Apparent reason either or either occurs
We seldomly even know ourselves
Let alone are able to help or can stop it
Despite full well knowing the signs
From the initial onset institaneously
We simply don't or can't tell
What is going about to happen
From 1 minute moment to the next
Until eventually the dust has settled
And we are no longer smiling
But crying filled with remorse and regret
Copyright © Christopher Flaherty | Year Posted 2023
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