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)