These are Tanka I had posted in a thread in the news group 'alt.life.itself'. Although these Tanka have the same subject, they probably should be read each by itself...
Do we ever really recognize our "moment of greatness"? We always want more, whether it is looks, relationships, accomplishments, etc. Only in retrospect do we truly know when it was we reached our "HIGH WATER MARK". Sad, don't you think?
