Giant spiders – tarantulas – in Brazil, Great Whale Sharks <br />in False Bay, no water in Djibouti’s lunar landscape, I am <br />watching Nat Geo Wild in a Zen-trance, kept awake by <br />the ever-present belly-ache <br /> <br />Having the time of my life watching the lives of others without <br />dreaming of joining them: when only one fervent wish is left, <br />freedom from discomfort and pain, there is no place for <br />any other desire to come to the surface <br /> <br />Then my son came – Please cover my book with plastic, I have <br />tried and failed again and again – I get up, surprise, the pressure <br />is gone, I feel so much better, help him with a smile, life so <br />worthwhile when I can do things for him <br /> <br />Now to make peace with his dad after failing to wait on him with <br />complaisance - forgetting that sacrifice is nothing compared to <br />peace and love; I shall apologise…<br /><br />Margaret Alice Second<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/complaisance-apologise/
