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The Pride And The Longing


The Pride And The Longing

 

One man’s ‘Old Days’

another man’s ‘New’

Chasing a memory

the pilgrim is due

 

One reminisces

what one only schemes

The pride and the longing

— two sides of a dream

 

(Ardmore Pennsylvania: June, 2025) 

 

 

Shades Of Gray

 

Mixing wheat

with the chaff

The good

with the bad

In shadings

of gray

The truth

finds a home

 

Taking shape

from the whole

When shunning

both ends

Polarity’s

vanish

And clarity

— shown

 

(Ardmore Pennsylvania: June, 2025) 

 

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