Failures come. They clear the table, Wipe the surface clean. In the distance, true and stable, Something new is seen. What I thought could never be Is now the only way I see.
Linked to dVerse Poetics where Mish is hosting with the theme based on a quote from the 17th century poet Mizuta Masahide: “Barn’s burnt down, now I can see the moon.”
Also linked to dVerse Meeting the Bar. I am hosting with the theme of final couplets – any poem with a couplet at the end.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
I felt that way as a kid when I read that “Some day you will to pay for TV, and there be hundreds of channels.’
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And now it is all on the internet. Many thousands of sources. Thank you, Glenn!
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The view has drastically changed…. forever altered!
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Thank you, Dwight!
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So true, on so many levels and it is beautiful.
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Thank you, Pragalbha!
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It’s been a quantum leap, you’re right, from hypothetical projections to up close and personal.
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Thank you, Jade!
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You’re welcome.
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I really like that last couplet. We can get used to just about anything. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe!
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I love this Frank. Sometimes we don’t see the forest for the trees.
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You nailed it in the last two lines.
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You’ve summed up the human condition in five short lines, Frank. We adapt.
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So true. I think this will change us forever, not just because of the experience but because we will see things we were blind to before.
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This reads like a beautiful awakening Frank 🙂
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Time to have a new perspective on life!
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Love it! Let’s hope we all have new eyes when this is over!
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Awakening by trial. and learning from the past. Both apply these days.
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Being
All Seeing
SMiLes Frank
Breaths Breaths
of
Healthy Air..:)
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Thank you, Fred!
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Welcome Frank
Hope All is Well
Where you are!..:)
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It is. Many blessings have come to light.
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SMiLes
Yes🙏🌟🌲🎶
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I love it when all becomes clear in the end.
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It is good when it clarifies. Thank you, Bjorn!
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Very true words nicely done.
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Thank you, Anthony!
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Yes i ndeed this is a surprising lifestyle era
Thanks for dropping by to read mine
Much❤love
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Thank you, Gillena!
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It only takes one jolt to bring us permanently to a whole nother world
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Thank you, Larry!
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well perceived, we have been given time to breath …
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Thank you, Kate!
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Beautiful write that illustrates “when one door closes, another opens” in a lyrical way. Applause from here!
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Thank you, Beverly!
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kaykuala
What I thought could never be
Is now the only way I see.
It has a way of giving out surprises at the right moment!. Well penned Frank!
Hank
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Thank you, Hank!
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Different times. A fresh look/ start. Well penned Frank.
Pat
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Different times. A fresh look/ start. Well penned Frank.
Pat
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Thank you, Pat!
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I like the analogy of clearing the table. Let us hope when all this is over, we do truly see things in a new way.
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Thank you, Merril!
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Profound and moving!
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Thank you, Frank!
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My pleasure, Frank! 🙂
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Great ending, “What I thought could never be
Is now the only way I see.”
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Thank you, Ali!
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Love this… failures making the way to seeing more important things.
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Thank you, Vivian!
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🙂
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That last couplet says it all!
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Thank you!
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