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Sometimes it feels futile to bother

When walls -inside and out – either get built

Or come tumbling down

When safety and wellness bends in the wind

When just being can be painful

There is always a little reward for trying however

A hot cup of tea, a morning cake – an owl in the tree before dawn

Life is a mosaic – tiny, colourful pieces

Which we perhaps will never see as a whole

But they must have some kind of a bigger picture

The dust brushed aside and excavated

Some days we can try

Others we can sleep through

All days count in the end.

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15 responses to “Bother”

  1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade Avatar

    Those little rewards can be very sweet!

    1. jaerose37 Avatar

      Indeed they can! Thanks Rosemary

  2. jcosmo Avatar
    jcosmo

    A very philosophical feel to this piece. “Life is a mosaic – tiny, colourful pieces” – true.

  3. shaun tenzenmen Avatar

    I wish the bird in our tree before dawn would shut up! It squawks every 2.76 seconds for about twenty minutes. Still. It’s good to be alive! 😁

    1. jaerose37 Avatar

      Yes indeed it is good to be alive! Thank you

  4. Penelope Notes Avatar

    Life can be painful, indeed, yet little glimmers beyond ourselves do bring peace.

    1. jaerose37 Avatar

      Thank you Penelope

  5. Cressida de Nova Avatar
    Cressida de Nova

    Tea Cake and A tree owl…the beauty of life captured in your poem….rall

  6. jaerose37 Avatar

    thank you Rall – sharing them with you

  7. Marja Avatar

    “Life is a mosaic” a beautiful way to see life with pieces of tea and cake and this mosaic is never finished. Love that

    1. jaerose37 Avatar

      Thank you very much Marja

  8. Sherry Marr Avatar
    Sherry Marr

    I love the things that lift the heart – like the owl in the tree! What a wonder!

    1. jaerose37 Avatar

      Thank you Sherry – they are magical

  9. Helen Avatar
    Helen

    Your poem is wise and also quite lovely, Jae. Your reference to an owl perched in a tree reminds me of how I react to deer wandering thru our neighborhood … beyond thrilled.

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