a pungent thorn

dont tease me, o time tested pungent thorn
just because you can prick
does not mean
you will puncture my balloon too
i am not going
to run away
but will you come along still

on the sill above a curtain

when the pebbles were washed away
on the shore,
waves had polished some of them
looking like pearls, a bird came
and picked up one of these
and kept it outside
on the sill above a curtain
a window
half opened
but a door closed