An exposure by

children of friends of our friends

may present our greatest risk.

~

We must learn how to 

be friends to ourselves as we

meet in friendship with others

Time and tide wait for

no man as Chaucer said so

many years ago.

~

Hope the ocean sends

gentle waves of poetry

 my land bound, staycation way.

~

The slow, stately, swell

pushing ever westerly,

will bring harmony in time.

Sometimes poets need

a reprieve and thus one has

been duly granted.

~

Perhaps we could learn

from sunflowers how to thrive

in the heaviness of storms.

~

No ceaseless down pour

can effectively dampen

a sunny disposition.

It’s tough to focus

in this world of constant noise

demanding our attention.

~

If we were able

to transform the noise into

music, we could dance.

Sometimes an answer

 appears to a question we

never thought to ask.

~

But sometimes we seek

the deep and burning answers

to questions that escape use…

Have we forgotten

cautions in our Holy books

against graven images?

~

We turn away from 

the mystery and create

idols in our own image.

Sometimes the weather

is a quick change artist and

leaves us mystified.

~

And sometimes weather

changes quickly for better

leaving us all misty-eyed.

Responding to change,

though often less than pleasant,

is a skill we all must build.

~

Outer change occurs.

 It can take a while for

our inner self to catch up.