Await, silent ruins,
tales a thousand years untold,
Can we learn their message?
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The circle of life,
can we find its true meaning?
It waits unknown.
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A dark winter’s night,
A scene of chilling silence
but for one songbird
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Deep prints in the snow
who goes that mystery soul?
Then rabbit runs on.
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Have we destiny?
Our humility must guide,
Then it is revealed.
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Life flows as the wind,
Our choices, our paths
determine our flight.
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A trip’s progression
in each moment’s transcendence,
arrival fulfilled.
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Mouse sleeps in snow’s depths,
calm comes from resignation.
Dare we ask for more?
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A Crow’s leg broken,
its fate has been determined,
Is it not the way?
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Sakura greets all,
sounds emerge, chicks in their nest,
Lessons of eternal change.
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Purple cascades seen
a ubiquitous lesson
Wisteria knows.
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Moon appears freed of clouds,
Does is not appear to all?
Difference sameness.
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Crystalline raindrops
umbrellas to shield the damp,
Forest scenes alight.
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Waves presence announced
always same, yet different,
Could it be otherwise?
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Tell me, what brings change?
The storm arrives born from calm,
wisdom follows suit.
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Winter birds survive
following paths from the past,
Do we know our place?
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Centipede recoils,
seeks inspiration where found,
Know when to reflect.
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Those with a pure heart,
joy follows like a shadow
Does one need seek more?
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Ancient lost shoreline
bound in quiet tranquility,
Astral depths of time.
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Nature knows the laws
transcend eternal struggle,
Find peace where others fail.
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Grass bends under gales
while the mighty oak falls short,
Adapt, persevere.
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In present moments,
crisis consumes our being,
Time’s distance brings peace.
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Fall moonlight reflects,
the quiet bay a mirror
Tranquility rules.
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Alas long lost dreams,
beleaguered inspirations,
Redemption renewed.
About the Author
Richard E Schell works in the biomedical field in California. He enjoys writing and has been published over fifty times in both the biomedical field as well as in fictional genres and poetry. He enjoys photography, literature, and travel. He also volunteers in animal rescue.
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