Then, Now, Then

Remember who you were

Remember who you are

Another olive falls to the floor

A few more leaves

Are blown across the tiles

Two small trees, of an unknown variety 

Sit in their pots

Remember who you were

Remember who you are

All of those places

Which you came from

All of those times

Where you arrive from

Remember who you are

Remember who you were

Another olive falls to the floor

A few more leaves

Are blown over the tiles

Two small trees, of an unknown variety

Sit in their pots

Remember who you are

Remember who you were

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Threshold

How quiet does one have to be

To reach that silent space

Or that place of boundless ego

Yet also to have been here

In the there, in the then

To sit in the spa yard

To follow the leaf with the eye

Thread thoughts

Of nothing going nowhere

Beside the still so so settled pool

Almost found, almost at one

How far does one have to go

To reach that place beyond

Or that place before

Yet also to be there

In the here, in the now

To walk on the peat moor

To squelch in the bog

Wipe the fast-falling snowflakes

From the worried brow

Watch the gushing stream

Almost lost, almost home

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Constructs

How might I

Rebuild this courtyard

In my own home

How may I

Recreate a sense of calm

In my own home

How might we

Build onto our home

To say, be here

How may we

Give space, give life

To our imaginations

How might you

Come, or go

Just as you please

How may you

Effect, affect

Such concrete solutions

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Life Balance

The olive

The tiny leaf

The large leaf

Their present life

Brought to an end

Detached from the food source

They will without doubt decay

Maybe to be turned into compost

Or become lost in the landfill

As may these few words

Which I, yes, maybe only I

Choose to call a poem

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Sense

I touch the olive to the leaf

I smile

This day has hidden me from grief

I see his photograph on the book

He smiles

This day has opened up, to take a second look

I invoke an atmosphere almost mute

We smile

This day spa, has one neatly active water chute

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