Tagged: try

we strike a balance

we strike a balance
between lightness and heaviness,
managing only

what is sustainable, trying
not to lead each other astray
.
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more often than not,

more often than not,
we are learning the rules as
we go, trying hard

not to stumble, not to live
into our imposter syndrome
.
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mom’s miniature

mom’s miniature
roses survived after all
these years, countless tries

later, now out back fending for
themselves against wandering deer
.
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every once in a

every once in a
while, we get a glimpse of what
is possible, the

shape of almost being whole,
and endeavor not to break
.
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that’s why we can’t have

that’s why we can’t have
nice things is what we say when
we mean we are not

yet ready, we will never be
ready, we won’t be till we try
.
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seeing and being

seeing and being
seen is a walk
around a
city block, trying
not to trip
.
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in the middle of

in the middle of
a candy wonderland, there
will be favorites – ones

you try, ones you don’t even
think of trying, stuffed with colors
.
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folding new routines

folding new routines
into old routines is as
carefully concocted
as breaking the old –
we often try
too hard
to schedule the
unscheduled, a
forced impromptu
.
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not knowing whether

not knowing whether
we have it in us or not
and still trying is

perhaps farther than we could
have imagined traveling
.
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perhaps it takes a

perhaps it takes a
newly sharpened knife to be
inspired to try out

a hot new recipe – we
wait patiently impatient
.
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