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June: Acceptance

6/20/2018

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Beach at Asilomar, Monterey

Osprey:
Maybe you cannot fly
As I do, but you can try.
Let the wind lift you higher,
But then land when you tire.
At least you will have been free
For a moment, just like me.

Salmon:
Maybe you cannot swim
As I do, but you can try.
Into calm waters dive,
When at the Falls you arrive,
Stay behind in the cool
Waters of the still pool.

Chamois:
Maybe you cannot climb
As I do, the steep alp.
​But you can find a trail
A smaller peak to scale,
To see the same alpine view
And blue sky that I do.

Mockingbird:
Maybe you cannot sing,
Many songs borrowing,
But you can sing your own song,
And even strum along,
In your very own sweet voice
You can justly rejoice.

Be content just to be you
And you will receive just due.
You may not be the best,
But as human you are blessed,
For you can try it all,
To succeed or sometimes fall.


That's Life

Black crow
Protecting
Swoops back and forth
Over treetop
Calling in distress
Over and over
Until with one
Last plaintive call
She flies off.
That's life.

Tan hawk
Sits on wire
Calmly watching.
Mockingbird attacks
Over and over
Until the hawk
With a wing shrug
Flies elsewhere.
That's life too. 

​-MW



​
​Piccola chimes in:
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I just take life as it comes. I don't wonder or worry about what might be.
The Far and the Near

Goethe once wisely intoned:
Willst du immer weiter schweifen?
Sieh, das gute liegt so nah,
Lerne nur das Glück ergreifen,
Denn das Glück ist immer da.

This I, in turn, have duly rendered:
Do  you ever yearn to roam?
Please note the good so near at home,
Learn but good fortune to embrace,
For good fortune's ever in your face.


Malaise

Gloomy shades once held at bay
By obsessive work and will,
Are yowling loudly at my heels
And coming ever closer.

Stiffening limbs and faltering mind
And spirits flagging in their wake
Have left me easy prey to gloom,
To an all-enveloping pall.

To have all be as all once was,
To have all expectations met,
Is but to want the quite impossible,
And to invite inevitable gloom.

The fault's within, the fault's without.
The without is beyond my reach,
I'm but left with one sole recourse,
It's I who must adjust within.

The changing self must be accepted
And expectations duly moderated,
If I'm to shed my weight of gloom,
If malaise is to take wing. 


In Time

In time
Everything changes
Beyond recognition.

In time
Nothing remains
To witness what was.

In time
All will return
To the nothing that is.

In time
We may be able
To accept the given. 


Such It Is

The past is fading,
The present's ailing,
And future holds no promise.

Such are the lives,
And such the woes
Of almost all the old.

There's nought can change,
And nothing end 
This agony of being.

Accept we must,
Accept we can,
And smiling go our way. 


Acceptance

The past is fading,
The present is paling,
The future holds no promise.

Such sentiment
Is but lament,
Tells more of self than life.

Best to embrace
And not deface,
And be the richer for it. 

​-JM

Succinct Thoughts from JM

Don't squeeze a lemon to get orange juice.

​Discontent is fertile soil for anger and foment.

If not at peace with the self, peace with the other is unlikely. 

Contentment is a coat of many colors.

​

2 Comments
Gail MacDonald
6/30/2018 07:41:57 pm

Midi, I think your poem featuring the idea that although we can't excel in many things, we can try them all because we're human, is positively inspired. And your rhymes are always pitch perfect - that is not easy to do and still follow the poem's theme to the end. But you do it in all your poetry. Amazing.

And that's life: yes, that demonstrates the need for acceptance; definitely.

I like JM's succinct sayings - very clever and down-to-earth.

And Piccola is a welcome addition to your blog every month - she is a fine example of dachshund sleekness and handsomeness - and she is certainly practical. Live in the moment.

Thank you for taking the time to produce these poems. You obviously put a lot of work into polishing them - you certainly have the talent but artistic material does not just flow onto the page without careful thought. / gailmac

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12/18/2018 08:39:12 pm

I really like the poem, Midi. That was a good one. I can feel the emotions by reading it. I guess that you wanted to say that you cannot gain things you just want at all. Some things are not meant for you even if you excel on the process. Acceptance is really hard, it takes a lot of time. They said that time heals all wounds, but I disagree with that saying. Even time cannot heal totally the wound you had, it will leave a scar inside and outside.

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