Good morning,

 

The picture?

Weather and a lot of work.

The poem?

Is this just words for the sake of words?

 

I don’t think so. 

 

It has meaning and it has rhythm!

 

I started writing with a different photo, but this moon fit the poetry better, as it developed.  

 

Bear with me. Some writing has a different angle than others.

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Choose our views

and what we want to do

Walk down by the water

Take in sights on a stroll

Or stay inside and watch

the late night TV show

*

Sometimes I

Am glad

that there is nowhere else to go

I would rather

Not go

to where the world has turned

*

To the time that we pay

Another day that we have earned

On the horizon I see

Another day that has burned

*

The outlook is grey

*

Some angles may seem grim

But if we look deep within

We can outshine the sky

And the threat that we will cry

*

It is all within our eye

And in our mind if we let it be

It is all that we will ever see

If we can break down barriers

Organize vision to

Overcome chaos

Gradual progress

We exchange

For one day’s loss

*

Work towards the best future

Because there is no detour

It is the only place to go

Until the moon sinks down real low

The month changes

We go through stages

*

Some will feel like a win

Some that we have to begin

We can outshine the sky

If we keep it in our eye

In our mind we

Choose our views

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