Experience changes
colours and depths of belief,
brings nuance into one’s life
just as the trees in spring
grow from their winter sparse
to soft and brilliant green
to offer us shade in the heat
just as experience offers
the shade of knowing about
the nuances of many lives.
When we step out of that shade
we risk a brittle, arrogant life.
Experience and willingness
can change colours and depths of belief.
“The spectacles of experience; through them
you will see clearly a second time.”
~ Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet
(March 20, 1828 - May 23, 1906)
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