the attitude cometh

adolescence can be a grumpy roommate

I can feel a bit sad

when developmental reality

catches hold for awhile,

and joy in the moment

morphs into tired attitude,

it’s like the wonderful person still there

gets a grumpy roommate,

and it takes awhile for equilibrium to reassert,

afterwards, joy can be even more real and deep,

for the darker potential in the moment can be noticed,

and yet still be denied the power to rule the self.

by Henry H. Walker

September 28, ’14