The New Robert Brault Reader: Monday Musing

Monday, November 8, 2021

Monday Musing

"What makes doing things together so special is that so much of a relationship is time spent apart, and so much of time spent together is spent doing one's own thing in each other's presence."

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SusanNovember 8, 2021 at 5:42 AM
A great reminder to treasure time spent doing things together and to make time to do more. Life is shorter than we imagine and those opportunities are lost in the blink of eye.
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A Bit of Verse

I love to go down

To the open sea

For the solitude --

And the company.

~~~~~

The greatest joy

In a goal achieved

Is sharing the moment

With one who believed.

~~~~~

'Tis a bold ballet

And a daring dance,

Dodging your destiny

And chasing your chance.

~~~~~

Listen to reason

And grow wise in season,

Or heed your heart

And get a head start.

~~~~~

The present oft repeats the past,

Same old drama, different cast.

The former cast, you somehow

sense,

Sitting in the audience.

~~~~~

Though battered by daring,

Not sorry I dared.

Though sorrowed by caring,

Not sorry I cared.

~~~~~

What shall I be --

the angry sea

that pounds against the shore

or soft agleam

the quiet stream

that carves the canyon floor!

~~~~~

On a windswept hill

By a billowing sea,

My destiny sits

And waits for me.

~~~~~

The past is but mem'ries,

The future but dreams,

Only the present

Is just what it seems.

~~~~~

Another night, another "Why?"

I launch into the starry sky

To echo as a fading sigh

Across the reach of no reply.

~~~~~

Under every full moon

I recall a lagoon

where a mandolin played,

and memories stir

of the dreamers we were

and the plans that we made.

~~~~~

The mind, as you age,

Is an artist, it seems.

Monet paints your mem'ries,

Picasso your dreams.

~~ Robert Brault