Saturday, July 20, 2024

Those grinding gears May 10, 2012

 



It is always possible to grow,

even after you have assumed

 everything has died,

 the promise of spring held out

, yet still denied,

a slow, mournful stroll through

the dismal landscape life becomes

in the dead of winter.

Spring always follows,

yet not always as soon as we need,

 sometimes a false spring,

 like a false dawn,

raising unrealistic hopes,

 stirring up wishes that may never become real.

After so long out in the cold,

 you’d think you’d be stronger,

 the passion of youth sustaining you

 even as youth fades,

 the Disney tale expressed as fraud

when Toto pulls back the curtain

 to show just how the world really works,

 all those ugly gears grinding.

 

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