Rhyme and Reason, vol 2 | Page 2

of a dare

The wheels turn with a broken spoke '
8>)

For A Friend's Recovery :
My heart leaps at your recovery
Peaks and troughs you did scale

Ease towards hearty and hale
Soon you'll return to normalcy
8>)
Progeny :
Flesh of one's flesh
Blood of one's blood
nature and learning mesh

where two create a third
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I'm Leaving :
Goodbye there's a pensive stillness
A short while to reflect the jolt

There's a blithe smile of carelessness
A short pause to fasten the bolt

8>)
Action Required :
Thoughts that lodge in me
should I bolt them and forget ?
should I
say them and release ?
this quandary baits me
with a jerk of regret
Questions play within me
should I price their logic ?
should I leave
them be ?
this quandary baits me
with care I am to pick
Resolve swells in me
I should heed apprehension !
I should calm
uncertainty !
the last stroke awaits me
with an expectation
8>)
Little One's Hope :
Your tiny feet stumble and knees buckle
yet you walk with
outstretched arms
Your hands grapple at awkward angles
yet you
come with curious arms
Child of hope and child of trust
Shape your
future with our past
8>)
A Toast To Thee :

though the distance for miles swell
much from Fortune we can't tell

savour rewards and joys we had
while sweat and toil made us
prepared
your quests ahead, I wish you well
8>)
Whimsical Verse :
There was a lady of wavy long tresses
who pined for short locks of
hair
so to her wish she one day addresses
and was delighted by a
sight so fair!
8>)
A weave of thanks :
'twas inspired by inspiration
I thank thee for thy plaudit
where
reason and words meet
'tis to me a joyous notion
with words Bards
shape and weave
while from the Muses they receive !
8>)
Quatrain For Friends :
In friendship and in sport
Trust and faith scaled the fort
In light jest
and with truth
Hands clasp with regard true
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The World Turns :
for as long as the world turns
there'll be cause to go on
along its
twists and turns
from night to new morn
sparks alight where fire
burns
warm embraces and cold spurns
events that press us upon

when cause and effect churns
while hopes and chances spawn

sadness and joy have their turns
there'll be cause to go on
for as
long as the world turns
8>)
Pricey Temptation :
Sell us your finest finery
To cheer up lively livery
the earthly
passing passions
tempt with comely compulsions
8>)
Your Move :

where does your heart lie ?
when it must be true ?
the hard
questions they pry
and they are now due !
to salvation where you're cleansed ?
or reap damnation of
recompense ?
judge and make fateful choice
foolish plunge or
righteous poise !
8>)
Restless Reckless :
Mesh of contradictions
with likely predilections
flirting with chance

in a worldly prance
Providence queried with questions varied
in a rush hurried of temper
unburied
Toasts to eventuality
with a toss of probability
come fame or
infamy
taunts decreed mortality
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Three Thoughts at Three Paces :
1
For what is a lavish bauble
but sight to behold and marvel ?
It
cares not how you fare
merely a trinket to compare ?
2
Mock not the spartan or ornate
swiftly in haste or in debate

With stealth change alters priorities
makes necessary, luxuries

makes luxuries, necessities
A restless evolving state
fills or wipes a
slate
3
Spare traders of things necessary
for their lack of tasteful grace

Their use and place have longevity
with wares to ease passing days

8>)
Some Questions(while Hope still waits) :
1
Will sworn foes swear
anew
be seated on common pew ?
though far easier to renounce
strangers
bad blood among same blood breeds dangers

2
Will sworn foes swear anew
be seated on common pew ?
or will
peace be only enforced
when each choose a separate course ?
3
Will sworn foes swear anew
be seated on common pew ?
or
must ill churn till last breath
with no certainty but death ?
4
By own accord, jettison pride
Courage on a limb, bare one's hide

If sincerity resides on each side...
5
Will sworn foes swear anew
be seated on common pew ?
if
oaths can be retaken
can they embrace as brethren ?
8>)
Passing Days :
Cry for joy and sorrow
Yet lay hope for morrow
Lift that blanket
over you
Till grass is wet with dew
Lift your head to a new morn

you'll be long way from forlorn
greet sunrise with relish
bid sunset
with a wish
8>)
A Year Of Changes :
A year of welcomes and partings
short jaunts and long meanderings

of prosaic and verse wanderings
sustained efforts and constant
dartings
A year of comings and goings
sure-footed steps and trippings
swift
stirrings and quiet mullings
along known paths and new turnings

8>)
Another Round(for my friends) :
Wishing you joys plenty and setbacks few
Like the seasonal changes
right on cue
Friendship true cloys not but breathes anew
Bursting
with good faith and goodness due
8>)
Eight Lines :

Things said are said fully
Deeds done are done truly
There shan't be
lies to grieve
If truth is like a sieve
When wits are matched
Our minds are lighted
When sins are
hatched
Our joys are blighted
8>)
Dose Of Happiness :
Feast on meals healthy and hearty
moods brightened by fair company

amidst weather fine and agreeable
chosen activities are feasible

with pleasant and peaceful repose
awashed with