Puzzle

Such a puzzle I have never seen.
I am all unsure,
as the pieces sit before me,
just where to begin
to arrange them;
they seem to change before my eyes
in color, shape, and size.
A familiar piece? Yes, it's there
just in front of me.
I can see where it fits;
but, with so much space to fill,
it's bound to be a while
before the puzzle is complete,
and the picture it was meant to show
takes its place.
For now, I know
this puzzle is a mystery to me.

True

"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."

--Saint Thomas Aquinas

Till...

"Is this the ear you can't hear on? George Bailey, I'll love you till the day I die."

--It's A Wonderful Life

Stories

"Do you know," Peter asked, "why swallows build their nests in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories."

--J. M. Barrie in Peter Pan

Growing pains

The man who has come after
is not the same as before.
To be sure,
he is not the same; yet,
do not count as loss
what is really gain.