THIS POEM MAY HELP TO LIFT YOUR SPIRITS.

ONE OF A KIND


Another apple, on a tree
Of well-defined variety.
It's fed and watered as you grow
To swell and ripen. Thus they know
That you will taste as all expected......

......A core upon the plate, rejected.
Do not despair, life will succeed.
In every fruit there is a seed.
An apple never does breed true;
A pip will root, and you'll be you.

copyright (c) Nicholas Thomas 1996                   next poem