Tuesday, November 21, 2017

the red balloon

a red balloon has gotten
loose
and swims
in the cloudless
blue sky.
i follow it as it dips
and sways
floats so easily away
with string attached,
somewhere a child
is wondering,
as i often do,
what's up with this world
where nothing
stays forever,
no matter how hard
you grasp.

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