POETRY: SHIFTING

Standing on the curb

Waiting for that which won't come

Cars, like life, go by

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In our sleep, we dream

Worlds and lives that never were

Feared horrors, wished hopes

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Seasons pass, we age

How long the Spring and Summer

How swift Winter comes

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    I had the hardest time naming this set. Each one's about a different aspect of life that we may or may not find ourselves in, depending on how things go. And yet, each of them, for me, share a particular quality; that of inevitable change. Even for those who are stuck in a rut will experience this change as different people come and go in our lives, as we age, as we grow.