Encounters in Holiday Time – Rodos or Rhodes

Encounters in Holiday Time – Rodos or Rhodes

For the lady in the markets

She seemed serious at first

But then helpful

Her face more concentrated, focused

Than serious.

“No, I’m not the boss

“I cannot make it cheaper

“But then maybe I can be boss.”

We joked then

About the responsibilities

Of being boss.

She may not have seen the subtext

That I have been a ‘boss’.

We chatted away about exchange rates 

Etcetera, etcetera

But focused on each

Her furrowed brow, strong eyes.

There was another subtext.

Might it be attraction?
Simon C.J. Falk 9 May 2016

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No

No

There are times in our life where we simply cannot say ‘yes’.   The reasons do vary.  For those of us who have had to say ‘no’ for our wellbeing, or, for the wellbeing of others, here is our little ‘no’ verse.

No

Arrr … sorry…

But no.

no.

No.

NO!

The dirty, little

Two-letter word.

How we find

It hard to day.

The guilt:

Shouldn’t I have

Said ‘yes’?

But

No

Means no;

Yes

Means yes.

When we cannot do,

We just have to

Cross that chasm,

The tremulous terrain,

And drop it.

That dreaded ‘n’ word.

No

More

Will

Be

Said.

Simon C.J. Falk           8 April 2015.