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On being temporary
and so I see
it is not forever
this body and this soul
neither the blessings
not the luxury of complaint
my glory and my ruin
and everything in between
this present reality
of all I touch and taste and feel and see
to me
more important than the fate of the nations
yet only
a tiny seed
visible, blooming, gone
I watched a man
my father
reading on his favourite chair
through distance and glass
secretly because
I could not enter
(out of love, not estrangement)
that scene too, is temporary
a tiny stitch in a tapestry
as beautiful in part as it is in whole
and so
I will be thankful
Andy