Promise, misunderstand the instructions

My breath is quickened

The telephone conversation

Another disappointment

Another let down notification

You tried to express annoyance

To say the service was unacceptable

Your words fell on sympathetic ears

She said; so sorry, it is regrettable

See, you were unable even

To engage in an argument

Of course, with the sun shining

And those dozing dreams close at hand

It takes time to get your dander up

And then

Amusingly, even less time

For the anger to recede

Remember then in future

The first rule of combative participation

Is that, the first to strike

Is often the one who turns out to be the winner

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Who

Shadow and light, with intensity

Inside and out

Becomes the same person

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We had been to the seaside

Warm winds

Cold museums

Yellow glazed baubles

Scoops of salt laden water

A wet tee shirt

Skip steps

Glasses of iced lemonade

Skin is its own free beauty

Rock pool diver

Bucket and spade

Hand held, in tender hand

Time is yours if you let it

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We came home together

I searched for my birth certificate

We looked at the moon in the east

Earlier our chairs were set at the right angle

To catch the last of the setting sun

Between then and now

And often always

Our conversation was accompanied

With a glass of chilled Sauvignon blanc

These are the new beginnings

Sure and certain

Excitements of the young love

Of a second generation

Later, without time for preparation

Before the pyjamas could be unfolded

We were held in our arms, buttons undone

Again as earlier, we touched the moon and the sun

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I can hear you, can you hear me too

You have an idea, a thought

I say that sounds good, sounds good to me

You, and your germinations, turn to move along

I wisely oil the wheels on your wagon

That way the sun shines on the both of us

Light and fresh, inside and out, all over

If this is nutrition then nurture my soul

My fingertips, my hopes, my voice

Think on who are we doing this for

For everyone to feel good about themselves

For everyone to grow, a little or a lot

Think on that is why we try

Try a little harder

Compliments and questions

They amount to much the same thing

If you listen closely

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