In Two Minds

What I love about her face
is the mystery it holds

What I hate about holds
is how it hangs on to secrets

What I love about secrets
is how they seek to surprise us

What I hate about us
is how selective we can be

What I love about be
is how it lives in the now

What I hate about now
is how abruptly it’s gone

What I love about gone
is the space that it leaves

What I hate about leaves
is that they desert the trees

What I love about trees
is how they put a smile on her face


I was in 2 minds regarding posting in
black & white or colour. Colour version 
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This poem structure is copied from
Roger McGough's poem 'In Two Minds',
published in 'Everyday Eclipses',
Penguin Viking 2002.