Hesitation



               Diana Leonard

POT LUCK POETRY
http://jinglepoetry.blogspot.com/2011/05/poetry-potluck-doubts-fear-inhibitions.html
inspired this topic.

HESITATION

Shall I? Shan't I? Will or Won't?

Could I? Can't I? Do or Don't?

Hesitation back and forth;

West and East and South and North.

Decisive people make me feel

As though my brain cells will congeal.

When I'm tempted to say 'Yes!'

Then I start to make a guess

At all the possibilities

That may result! I sort of freeze.

Suddenly I change my mind,

Leaving 'Yes' way, way behind.

'No!' I shout with exultation.

I have avoided tribulation!

Ah! But that other, daring route,

Who knows, it may have brought forth fruit.

Have I been a silly duffer?

Am I, therefore, going to suffer?

I toss and turn and bite my sheet;

My agony of mind's complete.

I want someone to so adore me

That he makes my decisions for me.

I must bite the bullet! Yes! I must!

Where are instincts I can trust?

Shall I? Shan't I? Will or Won't?

Could I? Can't I? Do or Don't?

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A WINE-DARK SEA

Rottnest Island, just off Perth, is a place for holidays,

And the picture up above shows you the reason.

It's a lovely rocky outcrop full of crags and glorious bays

Perfect for fishing, never mind the season.

And the colour of the water almost took my breath away;

There was almost every shade of blue and green.

That's why I'm planning to repeat our holiday,

And to savour, once again, this lovely scene.

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