The Nature of It

sturdy in the winds of change
soft as the petals of a rose
at times sharp ready to rearrange
it may flow where the wind blows

unafraid of transformation
unafraid of light
unafraid of night
unafraid of proclamation

to train
the brain
to weep
to sleep
to read
to seed
to flow
to grow
to make
to break
to ask
to task
to walk
to talk
to beam
the dream

the nature
of a thing
the nature
of change
the nature
of it sing
the nature
of it strange

life, is it life
the bitter, the sweet
the nature of it all
to win and defeat
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Laurie Avatar
June 5, 2019 at 8:26 PM
G'day Tameko … certainly a different presentation but enjoyable to read with a fine message - well done Tameko - Lindsay
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