A COLLECTION OF SHORT POEMS By Jay Jacobs LEST YOU DELAY Dreams, the gossamer threads of which ideas are woven. Inspiration and deeds, the warp and woof of a tapestry of creation. Delay, today's sloth, tomorrow's regret. See the water rush from on high cascading over the rocks, white foam and bubbles below, where turbulence and stillness meet. The ceaseless sound of flowing water a recipe for contemplation, perhaps tranquility.
A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE In a sudden, unforeseen moment, a decision is made, and a hero arises on the block. Around the corner, a similar scenario takes place, and a coward is reviled. Ninety degrees makes all the difference.
CONTRADICTION We are of an age and similar backgrounds, yet for all that, we are of different worlds, like magnetic poles, electricity and water, fire and ice, hot and cold. We are as different as day and night, endlessly clashing, constantly at war. Oh God! How I love you!
TWILIGHT MUSINGS Sifting through the remnants of yesterday that yet cling like prickly briars amidst the deep aubergine sunset flecked with eight different shades of hope, I yearn after the new tomorrow.
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