Measures of success

often, inadvertently,

speak volumes of our failures.

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Each accomplishment

carries with it the burden

of relinquishment.

School’s back in session.

Learning resumes – except in

certain Washington quarters.

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Some folk still belong

in remedial classrooms,

study halls, and detention.

Outrageous orange,

salmon, scarlet, and sanguine:

this post-storm palette on high.

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Aftermath beauty

a natural solace for our

exhausted, storm-weary souls.

Even the weather

is teasing us – one minute

the sun, the next, a downpour.

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This twisted weather,

so, so unpredictable,

No global warming! Trust me!

Cloudbursts and lightning,

gales and inundation; just

more adolescent weather.

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It sounds like you’ve been

reading some of the latest

presidential tweets.

If it’s wisdom we’re

after, where do you suggest

we begin to look?

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Start by looking back

at the bitter lessons learned

from our myriad failures.

Why must some feel robbed

of the chance to battle nature

when fate’s winds grant a reprieve?

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They may not realize

 we may win a battle, but

we will always lose the war.

Why rush around in

circles, chasing our own tales

when we could just pen them in?

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Penning our own tales

sure takes way less energy

than dashing ’round living them.

Uncertainty cones

and spaghetti model plots;

upon what may we rely?

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Ah, sweet paradox –

the only thing upon which

to rely -uncertainty.

About the time we’ve

weathered one storm, another

appears on the horizon.

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In this changed climate,

weathering storms has become

the quintessential life skill.