Disambiguation

Funny

how evolution works

moments slip past

mostly unobserved

but for a handful of sunrises

clever utterings of children

unforgiven slights

and random indignities

held closer than successes

Quipping about

how every Beautiful Thing

calls bastards to shit on it

letting wonder fade

accomplishments recede

like a coveted beach rock

in shifting tide

or an algebra problem

not quite grasped

Entirely heady

barely comprehended

except at Fortune’s peaks

seems lucidity

thrives at high altitudes

from here the view is spectacular

finally noticing

how the kids have grown

god they’re not babies anymore

Peculiar

how air is better here

for breathing

For the Thin Spiral Notebook 100 Word Challenge: PECULIAR