Life is Like This

Biting, the sun’s brilliance,
nestled in a cornflower blue sky –
competition for mustard gold,
tangerine orange, and chartreuse –
leaves shimmering this Autumn morn

The vividness of colours too sharp
for just awakened eyes – begs retreat.
I contemplate this vision, think:
life is like this –
too beautiful, at times for words;
glorious perfection.

In a blink, the sky changes
white clouds forming a backdrop,
Autumn wind tossing the tree about,
branches dipping, pull apart,
and the harmony of the last moment
is gone, and I think:

Life is like this –
turning without notice,
what once was balance, suddenly lost,
and we are left spinning.
I can hear it now – wind rushing
against the windowpane, taunting:
Change! Change is coming!

I know what it speaks is true, for
life is like this: ever fluctuating, and
the reminder is bittersweet,
my heart, reluctant to let go of Summer
knows it’s okay: it’s just the way of life.

(A rewrite of a rewrite. Image my own)

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VJ

Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.

59 thoughts on “Life is Like This”

  2. i honestly love this poem i feel like when you think deep about life can seem so simple yet so complicated at the same time i feel like that’s one reason why it can be so hard to explain it. i feel like in this poem you describe some things so simple yet so beautiful actions and instances that just pass with the blink of an eye. when i sit outside sometimes i just really take the time to embrace the sights the sights i see everyday yet just as beautiful this poem reminds me of those times

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  20. Wonderful poem, VJ. I love how the perspective changes on the phrase “life is like this”, and so true. Your artwork is amazing.

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