Halfway Ripened

Well. The human race in a nutshell:

Halfway ripened. Half-baked.

Two bananas short of a bunch.

In some cases, actually,

"halfway" is far too generous.

Thirty percent ripened, maybe.

 

We come in as the hardest and greenest

of little fruits.

It's up to us

(and what a learning curve)

to take advantage of whatever is around

(sun, warm rain,

or the north winds that blow).

We ripen in our own ways

and our own times.

There's no accounting

(in this world, anyway)

for the progress some make

and others don't.

For many of us,

halfway ripened is a triumph.

 

 

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