The Haughty Ape

Monday, April 12, 2021

LADYBUG

Ladybug clings

to a slender leaf of grass

while the gale rises 

around her,

lightning cracks

and thunder claps.

Tenuous 

and tenacious.

Such is our attachment 

to this life.


4/12/21
Posted by Phil Lewis at 7:19 PM

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