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The Chances We'Ve Got

Though nothing is normal, at times we pretend And oh, it’s so sad when that vision must end. We hang with our grandkids or see a good friend Then poof! It’s reality time. We laugh and we dance and we cook and we eat While knowing each minute together’s a treat And though it may just be through Zoom that we meet To end it feels just like a crime. The life we once lived is now sadly on hold So being with loved ones is precious as gold. If only that joy we could somehow enfold Then from out of the doldrums we’d climb. Yet we must delight in the chances we’ve got To help us untie all our guts in a knot And know that we’re giving it all our best shot (Which for some of us, happens in rhyme).

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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Date: 11/16/2020 11:37:00 AM
With you as an inspiration, your grandchildren have a great start in this world! Aloha! Rico
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Date: 11/15/2020 11:30:00 PM
ilene, this is beautifully enunciated. if anything has been learned from 2020 it's to take nothing for granted and enjoy our brief and rare social encounters to the max.
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Date: 11/15/2020 7:25:00 PM
“”we must delight in the the chances we’ve got”- let us print this onto T-shirts and make a fortune Ilene!
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Date: 11/15/2020 5:27:00 PM
Nice paean to the present circumstances, ilene, delightfully penned. Happiness and Hope, Gershon
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Date: 11/15/2020 3:56:00 PM
reading your poems makes me appreciate more and more the freedom we have to socialise and meet friends and family with no restrictions. lets hope they can get it under control soon and you will be able to have proper time with them face to face:-) hugs Jan xx
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