Sometimes you are the winner of discontent
Incomplete with long pauses of ill ease
Slow heartbeats of melancholic systole
Then you open the hyperbolic toolbox to mend the rent
All for a glimmer of happiness
A slim shimmering of joyfully genuine moments
Carefully set up dominoes
A house of cards
A stack of blocks
Most likely to crash down in a disappointing pile
But —
when it doesn’t —
There is the magic
For a bit — a spark— the sparkle in the eyes
Live it quickly before it dies
Embrace it before you ruin everything…
JArtB
0146 Monday December 25, 2023