Different Fruit

a lovely sunset

perhaps a ripe peach
or orange
or mandarin
or pomelo

and to some of us
not fruit at all

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Misimpression

Snow blankets in a white-dappled veil
Pushed softly by the wind like a curtain
Behind the window, in a cave of warmth
A viewer finds it deceptively gentle

Impact

The pebble dropped in the water:
A ripple for a giant
A shockwave for an ant

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The girl hops on one foot
Then on two;
The whole world is changed
From just an extra step

Time and Mortality

The youth knows only summer
And plays and frolics through the golden time
The man knows the fall and winter
And tries to smile as he prepares
The old one knows the seasons will pass
And cycle and pass farther than he can live
The world continues on long after we are gone
The wise mind finds comfort in this
And the child, under the weathered skin
Fears death