when I

when I was in love with you
then I was clean and brave
and miles around 
the wonder grew
how well I did behave
but now the fancy passes by
and nothing doth remain
and all around 
they say that I
am quite myself again

AE Houseman

2 comments:

Mel said...

Boy....now there's a truth for many of us. Or maybe it's a simple (complicated) truth for just folks like me. You can compromise huge bits of who you are trying desperately to hang on to something(s) that really aren't good for you. That's true of a whole LOT of things for me. I'm a bit of a slow learner...or maybe that's the determination in me to MAKE thing work that I needed to recognize just weren't suppose to work in my life, not for the long term. The good news is, I AM a determined person. And once I really "get it", I REALLY "get it". And once that lightbulb moment happens, I get determined in another direction.
Oh, but I can end up creating a pile of "stuff" until that lightbulb moment happens. And yes, usually at a high price to me.

I wanna dandelion with a heart middle!! LOL. I wanna dandelion PERIOD!! I bet there's some under the snow piles....

Mel said...

We have green things! And the snow pile on the north side of the house is GONE! Finally....... Who knew that spring would be such a battle of wills. Silly to battle and think you're gonna 'win'. The seasons are going to change (in their own time--but it'll happen.)
Oh, but we have green things. And himself drug out the patio swing (upon request). He even sat on it and officially moved from complaining about cold to complaining about the pollen count. LOLOL