In An Instant

all seems to turn around

like you never planned it

those fears that cropped up

wash under the coral reef

or silt under the forest floor

those dark clouds replaced

by the sunshine that had

glowed up there all along

that bare branch budding out

cliché and hokey but true

we lie to ourselves

far too much for our own good

and the lesson is to

soldier on as it were
and minimize your mistakes