The Truth About Butterflies.

I've had just enough time...   to learn the truth about butterflies.

Taken in Kota Kinabalu National Park

 

The truth about butterflies

Besides they fly

Is how fragile

And short a life.

But the greater truth

Is what they left behind...

A Penny For Your Thoughts. Trade Them For A Dollar.

I've had just enough time to...   lament the frustrations of a teacher.

Taken at home

A penny for my thoughts, oh no I'll sell them for a dollar

They're worth so much more after I'm a goner

And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin'

Funny when you're dead how people start listenin'

- "If I die young" The Band Perry.

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For the thoughts I shared,

I've not earned, even pennies.

Maybe, they will realised its dollars they received -

If, they remember.

A Game of Thrones.

I've had enough time...   to be arrested by the intrigues of swords.

Taken at home

 

What painful sacrifices

For the coveted throne.

Only to discover,

The great discomfort

Of sitting on cold, hard steel.

The Best Of An Imperfect World.

I've had enough time...   to reflect on freedom and responsibility.

Taken in Jesselton, East Malaysia

And I never started to plow in my life

That someone did not stop in the road

And take me away to a dance or picnic.

I ended up with a broken fiddle—

And a broken laugh, and a thousand memories,

And not a single regret.

-" Fiddler Jones" Edgar Lee Master

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Though my chains be shackled to the daily grind,

To earn our morsel of daily bread.

I will prick my ears to pause and listen

To snatches of faint music,

Have a few broken laughs

And imperfect memories,

And no time for regrets.

A Boat That Never Leave The Shore.

I've had just enough time...    to ponder about safe harborage.

Taken in Kota Kinabalu

 

"For love was offered me…and I shrank from its

disillusionment:

Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid:

Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.

Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life.

To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness.

But life without meaning is the torture

Of restless and vague desire—

It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid. "

- "George Grey" Edgar Lee Master.

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A boat that never leave the shore,

Still ends in the bottom.

Yet never sail the wide water,

For which it was intended.

Patterns Apparent Patterns Relevant Patterns.

I've had just enough time...  to try to discern patterns.

Taken at home

Not all patterns are apparent,

And not all are relevant,

The trick is to tell -

The Difference.

The Open Window.

I've had just enough time...  to talk about windows of opportunities.

Taken in Kellie Castle

The windows of opportunities

Are always open.

But do you see them

Or only a blank wall.

The Child That Was Not Left Behind.

I’ve had just enough time…  to take the young ones to see a fighting rabbit.

Taken in my favorite cinema

We were all a child once,

Then we grew up.

But we ought never to leave that child
-  far behind.

Thick, Black & Bitter.

I've had just enough time to...  taste disappointment

Taken in the office when no one is around

Disappointment

Percolates

Drip,

Drop

by little drops,

Thick, black and bitter.

Wind & Curtain.

I've had just enough time... to feel the breeze.

Taken at home

The wind lifts the curtain,

My smile,

With tales of flitting shadows

and dancing light.

My Orchid Is Not A Rose.

I've had just enough time... to see my orchids in bloom.

Taken at home

 

My orchid is not a rose,

But it still blooms and fades,

As does my youth,

As does the fairest maids.

I Seek A Thousand Reasons.

I've had just enough time... to look for a reason.

Taken in my room

 

I look for -

A thousand reasons...

When,

All I need is one.

A Good Sleep.

I've had just enough time...  to have a good sleep.

My bed

 

Last night could have been be my last.

But I woke up to the sun.

Another day,

Another reason...