Furious Expectations

'Shutting down fury and fear in order to get on with my life does not mean that either go away

In strange days of date and time, edges loosen, unrecognized openings ease tendrils of black fury into day light.

What was previously 
a blank white page, is now discoloured and gray.'

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Phew!  Now that was a burst of anger!
Reminds me of the black smoke and ash
from a candle blown out with a puff of breath
curling up into the air, staining the ceiling,
tickling my nose with burnt waxy wick odor.

Rejigging my expectations of others is a disappointment.
Yet our beliefs and motives as different rocks and grass
are still part of the scenery sharing a common ground
beside the same stretch of water.

“Often expecting immediate returns for goodness

in this world is a sign of a normal human being.”

~ Adil Adam Memon