Borrowed Beauty

                                                                                                                              Nigel Stainforth

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BORROWED BEAUTY

Deserving of a wider viewing!

A friend sent this today.

He was sailing in the Pacific

And he took this on his way.

Want scenery? You have it,

Perfection, so it seems;

The sort of scene that

Normally is just seen in our dreams.

Want a sky-scape? Look at that one!

A sunset without peer.

A second like this soon passes,

But Nigel caught it here.

Want reflections? These are perfect;

The sky part of the sea;

A still and glassy reflection

That hints at poetry.

Want shadows? Cloud formations,

Gently drifting by,

Also drift on the water,

Linking sea and sky.

And how about serendipity?

The sailing boat .... just right.

And everything is captured

Just as day turns into night.

A gift that cost Nigel nothing.....

He clicked and it was mine.

But a pleasure worth more than money...........

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Choose your own ending.....

1. It's really very fine.

2. It's better than vintage wine.

3. Nigel, you really shine!

4. Nigel! You're divine!

(I told you I wrote doggerel, didn't I?)

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THE COLONNADE OF TIME

We move along a colonnade.

Sometimes we are in shadow.

Sometimes the full sun

Blazes on us

And illuminates our path.

We look out between the columns

To see others perambulating.

Some may run, some may dawdle,

Some may falter and

Some may fall.

We wave to them

But we can never know them

Because we do not really

Know ourselves.

We look back and see ourselves

Pint-sized,

Starting out.

We look forward and see.....

But we cannot see.

There is a vague outline

Of what is to come;

A misty semblance

Of the colonnade's ending.

Is that a rock-face

Or is it a shining cloud

Beyond?

This is where we stand on the colonnade......

Here,

Now......

Let us stand and admire.....

But we have already moved on.

Other shadows,

Other flashes of glory

Await us.

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Off we go!

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