On Lessons Learned and Forgotten

After recalling an old episode I had forgotten, I thought I might look over my old diaries again to see what else I might have missed. Goodness! I don't recognize the person who wrote any of this, at all, at all. I guess that Saturn return was far harsher than I thought it was: rightly is it said that He devours His children.

It seems I used to write rather a lot of poetry. I humbly offer these three up for the pertinent lessons they contain:

27 Apr 2011

this potato
soon to be eaten
sprouts anyway

28 Apr 2011

every moment
start again

4 Sep 2011

the only thing
required to move mountains
is patience

On Man and Nature

Here are a couple other poems I found in my diary that others may appreciate. (They both appear to be actual things I witnessed.)

30 Apr 2011

"dirty creature!" she cries,
as the squirrel
washes its face

22 Feb 2012

"preserve nature!"
the sign says—
nailed to the trunk of a tree