A day for a poem

My better-half needed to go to work today ...

... so Junior, who is still on holiday, had to seek refuge with some ever-helpful neighbours :-)

As for me - no respite from the election campaign-trail ... after all, there are only 3-weeks to go until Polling Day!

And whilst I know its not yet National Poetry Day ;-)

... its still, most definitely, a day for a poem:

Love while you can

Another Edinburgh sky

As the door opens on the day

Full of potential

Awaiting the unknown

The ride along the canal

Still water eases the commute

The park and path bustle

All the way to the bridge

Then lifted back to tarmac

A circle of local culture

Meadows that forever inspire

To the Capital’s heart

Each and every contact

That follows through the day

Affirms that heroes all

Are those who last till dusk

Too many questions asked

So little truly seen

Just never enough

Simple thoughtfulness

But every day, of every week

Of every year, over these decades

Forever clear to me

The truth of it all

Everything matters

Each detail

Sharp and sweet

Infusing our soul

Then later, home

In every way possible

To everything that matters

Love while you can

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