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Life Fair?

Often life is fare But the opposite we say and acknowledge Again and always life plays out Already fashioned and designed Saved and documented and filed Yet each day seems new and fresh Sometimes we are taken unawares And then we claim insufficient understanding We fail and blame life We succeed we thank our star When is life fare? When we get all we desire Or when others suffer on our behalf Life is fare when we realise That up and down make a complete pair

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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