Definition: In Focus

Something changed,
Sank deeply in,
That seems so simple
Nevertheless difficult
To fathom totally,

It’s so little
But so important,
Yet only this:
That we don’t always get what we want
Nor is getting it always best,

That thinking we should
Is foolishness;
Life is not like that
It’s like it is,
Which is unreliable,

It’s like a zebra,
An untamable creature,
Not subject to
Our commands
Or whims,

For which, I’d say
We ought to be thankful!
For given
The nature
Of some of our desires

How awful if every one
Were to come true!
And so we learn
From experience
What life is as it is,

And from this wisdom learn to
Accept what comes more easily,
And accept what goes
When it goes.