1950s SMALL TOWN LIFE/ Kaleidoscopic/Reflection #5

Kaleidoscopic

As the same colored bits of glass form a new, more beautiful pattern,
As the same thoughts form a new picture,
As the most exquisite pattern, one that will never be equalled,
One that can never be recaptured,
Shatters.
An attempt to share it broke the lovely thing.
But this is more beautiful, more never-to-be-believed.
No one can turn back a kaleidoscope.
Did I try?
No.
Lamentations for the broken patterns, no attempts to bring them back.


Susan J. Skinner


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