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Memory Lane
MEMORY LANE
I quite like
revisiting
ancient haunts;
lightly caressing
the memories evoked.
I learnt long ago
the foolishness
of regret,
of expectation
or disappointment.
Regrets
REGRETS
I can’t recall anyone
I didn’t disappoint in some way
Apart from the ones
Who couldn’t care less about me
In the first place
Expectations
EXPECTATIONS
Two children were each given an acorn to plant.
The first was interested, pleased, impressed, deeply moved as it gradually grew into an oak tree, a transformation she could never have anticipated, scarcely have believed possible.
The other was bitterly disappointed.
She had wanted a beech tree.
Intercourse
INTERCOURSE
I confess I always found
Any attempt at true contact
Rather anxiety-provoking
(Not that I could not
Camouflage that pretty well)
Never had much tolerance
For fatuous role play
In later years however
The problem has lessened
It’s not that I cured the anxiety
But that I so rarely encounter
Anyone who is capable of contact
Even should I feel the desire
Marriage & The Ex
MARRIAGE & THE EX
A mine field
Mine till I shared it
In search of what?
Trust? Security?
It’s like I say
A mine field
Out Of Kilter
Aug 28
Posted by Ben Naga
OUT OF KILTER
Lost and found again
We’d love to be sharing but
No one’s listening
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Posted in Poetry, Senryu
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Tags: Awakening, Disappointment, Regret, Social commentary, Spirituality