LIKE A REED

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 LIKE A REED
 
 
I am a reed weak and worn
 
Tossed around and battered in a 
 
Summer storm.
 
Frail
 
Not one of Nature’s best
 
Yet
 
Paradoxically
 
It is my flexibility
 
That allows me to survive
 
The strongest oak tree.
 
And
 
As I grow old
 
Feeling death’s Winter cold
 
I see struggling next to me
 
The seeds of my progeny.
 
 
 
 
 
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a Compilation

of life of those that follow a path like or even unlike your own.  A completeness of understanding of all that is given us here.  a good write and a good thought.  Thank you again, Joe.

Mike

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Thank you, Mike. You 

Thank you, Mike. You  understand me well.

 

joe

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The oak shall fall The reed

The oak shall fall
The reed shall bow
and weather the storm.

Respectfully,
Amartya

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 Yes ,We  " reeds" always

 Yes ,We  " reeds" always do....

 

joe

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