My Pentimento

Higher and higher I jump, harder, pushing you down deep
No, you cannot be seen! Especially by me!
I wrap you tight in wool, in wood, hard steel
I bury you in a jewel inlaid coffin. 
Oh be happy, I am singing lullabies to you. 
See how they soothe! Listen, listen close and forget.
I push you out, far into the sea. 
Why haven't you capsized and drowned?
Memory rub worked on Anakin 
So I scrape, erase you out
I drink from the Lethe
Bathe in salt but you stick 
Yet you peep my heart, you weep. 
My indelible palimptest, my mellow
My obdurate, my pentimento unobscured

Serendipity

Oft have I seen you, near and far

Sometimes playful, often shy

Yawning, stretching, waking up

Rubbing your eyes, squinting at me

You giggle, you run, bounce around

As your half blond half black curls flounce

Twitching your flowery dress, little girl pink shoes

Little bucket in hand, watering my plants

I  sit and watch and I wait

Oh how I have waited. And I wait.

You give me enough but never quite enough

As they say there's no such thing as serendipity

Blind man's bluff

Blind man's bluff

Snakes and ladders

Hide and seek

Noughts and crosses

Hopscotch, 'without rock and 

Against time',  dodge ball

Trial and error

Hit and run

Sometimes you fly

Sometimes you burn

But you learn

You eventually learn