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We are in a time of anniversaries and commemorations related to wars. We are still feeling the aftershocks of two world wars. It's good to remember, but we are in danger - of not learning from the mistakes of the past, and not reacting to the threats and challenges of the present.

This is true on a personal level too.

After the Storm

Screen_shot_2017-12-05_at_08.50.24by Patrick Howse02 Jun 2015

Distant bands of prussian blue
yield to limpid turquoise,
as sun exposes lilac wetness
to a merciless beating
on the unforgiving sand.

White still flecks the surf
rolling against the retreating tide,
turbulent yet depleted,
run out, like luck.
It is the end of something.

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