Be Wary of the Promise

Week 35

Be Wary of the Promise

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            1.   Occasionally, we all have the opportunity to tumble,

                  alone, into serene beauty.

            2.   It can be beguiling, wholly able to envelop us in

                  momentary silence and wonder.

            3.   Then we move, wanting to see more, tasting the

                  indescribible, reaching, touching.

            4.   The Eden-like glade lures one’s eyes past the path to an

                  expanse beyond our vision.

            5.   And there, always, the lapping blue waters, and the long

                  calling to the faraway. Come!

            6.   But Ah, Good . . . I see your senses are not fully tapped

                  out. Your keen eye discerns the perilous beach.

            7.   And you go, the decision not painful, with a wary nod,

                  judgment deep and full, the alternative declared.

Turnabout

The visitations

so varied and

stretched taut—

out upon

late summer’s

wide lawn

sloping upward gently,

the quiet glide

of a swan;

then comes

a deceptive

soft sand shore

layered thick with

jagged broken shells,

each a honed blade

to slice your step.

Though sight be clear,

the choice simple,

today, before you—

eyes-wide,

the cunning beach.

© 2012 Allan Cox, Allan Cox & Associates Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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