31/10/2023

Autumnal musings on the Tube

To have

You need to be

And act as

A friend.

Friends like trees

Bring out the best

In me.

Like a mirror

Let me see

Who

I really am.

Like a family

Make me feel at home.

Like poetry

They are a prayer of thanks to God

My best friend.

When

As now

The environment

Weather

Inflation

And politics

By other means

Are grim

All I need to do is

Grin

And

Bugger on.

Clockwise time

Gives and takes

The present

Of the present

So we may grow

And know

Our potential

And limitations

Of life

Reshaping

What we have

And are.

Some lives

Like graffiti

Sprawl

A few like poetry

Sing

Delighting

Life.

Springs

Absorb the shocks

Of winter times

And lift heart

For summer joys.

Words

Like rain

Wash

Nurture

And generate

Thoughts

Now

As Virginia Creepers

Blossom red

So many characters

Achieve their best

In the Autumn

Of their lives.

Thus

Parents may live

In hope

To delight

As grandparents

And witness

Their children

Finally

Beautifully

To mature.