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Banana Skin

I avoided a banana skin, in the road for all to see
Yellow and black and slippery, it could have derailed me
It would have stroked my ego, scaling a lofty height
Status and importance, well within my site
But truth be said my soul cried out, to maintain a different way
Colour, life, new energy, definitely here to stay
I really don’t seek the profile, I really don’t seek fame
To continue my current trajectory, an outrageously noble game
If I climb up on a pedestal there’s only 1 way to go
Crash, bang, wallop down to earth, everyone will know
So I’m grateful for the banana skin, that it came into my life
I didn’t need the tension, I didn’t need the strife
So please bare with me, let me serve where life and glitter flow
Feeding my soul and others around, a healing seed to sow

It’s time to live again

John Lowton
January 2023

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