Optimism - by
More and more I have come to admire resilience.
/ Not the simple resistance of a pillow, whose foam
/ returns over and over…
possibility
If– - by
IF you can keep your head when all about you
/ Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
/ If you can…
The possibility of rain… - by
Suddenly I feel myself like an alchemist’s retort
where all this – heat, boredom,
hope and new thoughts –
is melting into something strange, colourful and new.