I to Myself

“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.”

― Henry David Thoreau, I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau

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there are moments

ah, there are moments

when plans and expectations

disappear

they are simply gone

and you are left standing

in the mist

surrounded by vagueness

slightly embarrassed

at your predicament

and wondering

how you will ever

find your way

out of the

wasteland

but perhaps

perhaps

it is not a wasteland

perhaps if you sit quietly for a moment

and breathe

and watch carefully

you will find

that it is really

paradise

lost