Take Another Look
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This is a generality. There are times when we bring many woes upon ourselves. This is not about those times but the natural learning curve of life.
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK
mistakes
~ you see must be ~
experience is cast
turning, crawling
~ enthralling ~
on your knees
soon walking
~ helpless ~
in a sea of students
learning
reading writing math
life lessons
bruise knees black eyes
~ trip us up ~
if only…
we ask
but why?
our creator
intended it this way
each one
with a story to tell
the boy who caught the ball
and the one who dropped it
the single, married, with children
~ and without ~
how many pets
would miss out?
plan b might seem cruel
plan c and d
~ take you to your knees ~
a science fiction episode
once explored
a pool player
who’d gone to heaven
his beautifully crafted pool balls
heavy in the pockets
a winner smiles
~ but day after day ~
payday doesn’t look so good
“i don’t understand. why don’t i feel
happy in heaven”
a smug reply
“what makes you think this is heaven!?”
so humble your knees
be glad for life’s problems
~ to solve ~
some heavier than others
but there is a plan
and a time for greater things
let the angels cheerlead
as we sink
quicksand grabs
~ pulling us ~
toward something good
kim rodrigues © 2017
Copyright © Kim Rodrigues | Year Posted 2017
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