Indulgence

Gentle rain shower looking beautiful
until the roof starts leaking 
Egoic indulgence hardly seem harmful
until we feel ourselves contracting

We first build up the momentum
and then upon realising seek undoing
The sway of the pendulum
takes time in again quietening

18-August-2020
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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