Rules

 He stands before me in second place 

Almost beyond compare

Except for the uncompromising beauty 

Of the one whose love I bear

Who knows whose time is coming

When or how or where

Soon the question will be answered

The solution to problems laid bare

Unfortunately the world isn't simply

Drawn in lines straight and square

Sometimes second comes first

Often the world isn't fair

Complacency

Complacency

The visual evidence does not lie

There is no weeping and wailing

Perhaps there may be heaving of sighs

Don’t come to me later with hands wringing

Bemoaning what would or could have been

Most trouble is tricky and cloyingly clinging

Solutions come quickly when you open your eyes

Time is rapidly passing

Maintaining illusions might win the prize

But lies come home a-winging

The row is hard to hoe

It often sets heads to ringing

#complacency, #evidence, #lies, #weeping, #wailing, #heaving, #sighs, #wringing, #bemoaning, #trouble, #tricky, #cloying, #clinging, #solution, #quickly, #eyes, #time, #rapidly, #passing, #maintaining, #illusion, #prize, #winging, #row, #hard, #hoe, #heads, #ringing, #poem, #poetry, 

Solution

One step ahead and two behind

Getting the pacing just right

If the world falls away could we walk hand in hand?

And finally step into the light?

Does it matter who is in the front now?

Does it matter who brings up the rear?

If one of us follows the other,

We will end up together, my dear.

My solution in the end is simple,

We stop this running around.

Find a spot that we can settle down now,

And we will have nothing to fear.

#step, #behind, #pacing, #right, #world, #falls, #hand, #light, #matter, #front, #row, #rear, #follows, #together, #dear, #solution, #simple, #running, #spot, #settle, #fear, #love, #poem, #poetry 

Eternal Struggle

Eternal Struggle

Eternal struggle

Between beloved and friend

Who wins out in the end?

Should there be a winner?

Why is it a contest?

Can we love equally?

When friend becomes beloved

There is the perfect solution

Since that only happens

In fairy tales and books

We must always expect

To be second place

And if we are moved higher

We should be gracious

#eternal, #struggle, #beloved, #friend, #wins, #contest, #love, #equally, #solution, #happens, #fairytales, #books, #expect, #secondplace, #higher, #gracious, #poem, #poetry