yellow dance of awareness

watching a yellow leaf detach

dance, swirl, drift and pirouette

celebrating autumn and reminding

me of the passage of time

mindful of the finiteness of life

its dreams, deeds done and not done

of shoulds and failures, of judgement

and self-castigation, of pride – foolish, or earned and quietly smiled upon

good feeling or ache of disappointment

as i measure myself against

what i hoped and what i’ve done

to discover who i am

to learn acceptance of others

and, finally, forgiveness of self

performances

debate performance criticized

for stammering pauses

but little said about the opponent’s

bullying accusation of causing WWIII

why are lies cause for celebration

rather than the basis for suit for libel ?

some more than others

bluster, bluff, bloat, blame, brag, boast

misdirection, misinformation, mistrust

vindictive, volatile, vicious

part of us all

some more than others