Like a desert lily
Like February sunshine
Like an August rain
Like daisies in a pavement crack
Like a cat on your lap
Like a parent's compliment
Like a child's gratitude
Like a smile on the subway
Like an oasis in the desert
Like regaining your sight
Like cancer in remission
Like a winning lottery ticket
Like a reconciled marriage
Like an armistice announcement
Like a stay of execution
Like a rolled away stone
by an empty tomb
My mind is under new management
Much like those Boards outside failing restaurant's
Willing you in to take a 2nd look
But stuck using the same old tired Chef
And worn out Menu
So what's the point of New Management
If nothing has really changed
Simply a Stay of Execution
Until you eventually wake up and realize
The Coffee is best passed its
Sell by Date
And fate is what
You write about
When you have time on your hands
After the last customers have left
And the Doors have closed
The beauty of lines and wrinkles
or the ravages of time
Which is it?
How do we interpret
Its’ inevitable visit?
Can we learn to appreciate
our natural evolution?
or are we trapped in the quest
for a stay of execution?
....Unfolds
.............Plea Holds
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Composing a writ unto the highest court amid the universe *
To grant a stay of execution in regards to the decision once imposed upon
The dissidents from long ago fallen; cast out from that the throne....
Citing the King's very words as proof this, love, transcends all judgment!?
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....“Document, `777`” *
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