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You

I wonder
how things might have been different -
what would have changed -
if I'd found inspiration
and a clearer understanding of myself
earlier in my life;

I stop at wonder,
it wouldn't be worth
living another life
that didn't have you

Wisdom

these constant aches
throbbing through muscle and joints,
are a reminder
that I am alive -
that I have lived -

they are the cost
of the experiences
that have brought what small wisdom
I possess;

I would not numb them,
nor wish them away,
to do so
would be to lose
valuable parts of myself,
I will hold on

Worldview

distant thunder rolls
across the brightening skies
of the dawn gloaming,

is this an ominous beginning
to a new day,
or the clearing out
of yesterday's toxins
so that we might start fresh,

it's all in how
you view the world