Defensible: A Safe Pause

Hot herb tea
On a cold day,
A simple way
To bring ease
To a worn out body and mind;

Hot water
Melts away the chill
And fragrant spices and herbs
Envelop the senses,
Soothing and invigorating;

A gentle flavour
And time to savour it,
Relaxing with some audioplays
While sipping slowly away
At the end of a busy day;

Tis the best of times,
Stirring memories of past teas,
Connecting one mug
To the previous one
And this one to the next;

Mining deeply
The dark hot brew,
Dropping slowly down
Into a peaceful quiet,
A break from life’s incessant riot;

Listening to the sounds around,
Glorying in the leisure
Whose transience only
Makes it more precious,
And the tea extra delicious;

Finding moments within moments
Of delightful repose,
Laughing admiringly at the snow
As I watch it fall and blow outside my window.

Defect: Technological Changeover

Bursting with energy
From a chocolate charged
Holiday feast,
A seasonal surge;

Shopping for replacements
Rather than presents,
As budgeting concerns
Override flashy ads for frivolous trinkets,

Complex electronics
Reveal hidden price tags,
As incompatibility
With older devices increases costs,

Hence, one purchase
Requires another,
In order to make
The first one work,

Difficult decision:
Return new product or buy one more,
Decided to splurge,
As haven’t done so for two years,

And about time I concluded,
To replace the old
And bring in the new,
A lesson in impermanence,

As everything goes
In the end,
One appliance
Gets changed for another,

In the name of advancement, or so it’s said,
But a cynic might reflect
It’s merely free market economics,
I was quite happy with what I had,
But now have to settle for improvements instead!

Default: Endless Trek

Busy, busy again,
So much to ponder and consider,
Thinking about the future
And where I should be aiming for,

Not sure what direction makes sense
Nor what position
I should be taking
On it,

The aftereffects of
So many years of striving
And lean living,
Make decision-making challenging.

Where to go from here?
Is there a place
That’s any better,
Or is it just this?

There are always these two levels
Of interpenetrating reality,
But how do they go together?
I’m having such trouble getting that!

(Sigh) So much to do
And I’m so tired of trying,
Why it’s a great big mountain
I’ve been climbing!

Or is it something else
That I just can’t see clearly,
And how can I get a good look?
My eyes are so bleary,

I appear to be no further ahead,
As there still looks to be
The same number of questions,
And no sure answers.