You adjust to the circumstances <br />and then they go and change on you <br />and you're all at sea again, <br />seasick with worry. <br /> <br />Keep reality at bay as best you can, <br />at bay- safe from pursuing hounds <br />in bay- safe from drowning waters. <br />So...let's play poetry. <br /> <br />L ay rules to follow firmly one by one <br />E quip with standard aids and tools of trade <br />T o squeeze from life a modicum of fun <br />S elect a game not previously played. <br />P lay fairly, cheating renders all a farce <br />L uxuriate in incremental gain <br />A crostically abridge the next impasse <br />Y et aim for pleasure, past the pools of pain. <br />P erhaps tomorrow hounds will catch the scent <br />O r overnight the mooring rope may slip <br />E ach day, life plays it's tricks with no relent <br />T hrow gibes right back at life with taunting lip. <br />R esist the dogs and tides for e'er so long <br />Y es certainly, I'm strong, I'm strong, I'm strong.<br /><br />Diane Hine<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/unanchored/
