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Understanding Values

6/17/2024

Understanding Values

I asked what she thought,
She said, "It doesn't matter."

I put forth what I thought,
She said, "It doesn't matter."

Like a bumblebee,
I flittered,
Trying to find a place to land,
That still connected us.

She said, "It doesn't matter."
That’s when I knew,
The ‘we’ were two,

And I tried to make it not matter.

- William Martin

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The Rolling Hills

6/17/2024

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The Rolling Hills

The sun eased down over low rolling hills
We sat in our lounge chairs
The stress of the day melting,
Slowly easing away with the sun

We talked of small matters
Not wanting this time to end
Knowing sleep, too quickly would bring
The next day’s weight of work
And the sun struggling back up in the sky
I know she shares my thoughts

Then the gunshot
A specific crack in the distance
Pushing through dense air
Its echo fading over the rolling hills

A single shot –
not enough for target practice
hunting season long since over
accidental or on purpose

So we wondered if…
A simple embarrassment
Or injury
Or a life gone

And the sun
As though
not wanting to know
slipped behind the rolling hills
-- William Martin

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