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Saturday, November 17, 2018

Winter has come a knocking again
Calendar says Winter is still 
a few weeks away
but here....obviously
Winter can't read
or rather can't be bothered
with what should be
but rather with what is
Life is like that
we'd like to see
what's to come
we'd like to plan
our days, our years, our lives
and sometimes that works out
in the way we wanted
but Life....like Winter
has a "mind" of it's own
and sometimes with both
we don't get what we want
but sometimes we get
what we needed
even when we don't want it
and sometimes we get
what we deserve....
But Life and Winter remain
and we have to learn
to deal with what they bring....

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Darkness falls early
this time of year
days keep getting shorter
nights keep getting longer
there is a growing bite to the winds
the leaves are changing their colors
and soon to be blow hither and yon
and all too soon to be covered
in blankets of snow
and tho I dread it's coming
Winter as with all seasons
is just one visible sign
of the circle of life
but as I approach
the "winter" of my life
I must admit....
I yearn for Spring
yet a few more times 

Sunday, September 09, 2018

a brisk morning walk late summer. early fall
crisp and clean my kind of weather
and I wondered when was the last time
the last time i enjoyed a walk so much
and I started musing about last times
We usually remember first times
some with fondness, some with regrets
some with joy, and some with sorrow
or simply I glad that's over with
but what about last times, we all have them
At my age I probably have more then most
people I will never see again
some of these I look back on with fondness
but also with loss and sadness
others I look back on and think, good
 they're out of my life, knock wood
also things that circumstances have taken away
whether from age, location, health,
the fact that place, time, opportunity
is out of reach or just isn't there anymore
but I must not dwell any longer on last times
there are still some first times left
and hopefully some next times as well

Saturday, September 01, 2018

Summer's heat
it's humidity
the thunder storms
I can live with out
But Autumn is coming
I love Autumn
the cooler weather
the flights of geese
winging the way south
even their "honks"
the color of the season
the trees showing
their true colors
I've always loved Autumn
I played soccer
ran some cross-country
the last few rounds of golf
and then there is
Thanksgiving, a great meal
fellowship with the family
only one draw back
to my beloved Autumn
Winter is just around the corner 

Thursday, August 02, 2018

I'm number #1...We're number #1
my response: "I don't care"
there some that must always win
but with them it's not enough to just win
every one else must lose
I strive to be better every day
but not so I can win and others lose
I strive to be better every day
so I'm just that...better every day
The only person I need to compete with
that I must get better than
is the person I was yesterday

Friday, July 27, 2018

Life moves on
as does the clock
I have far more yesterdays
then I do tomorrows
but rather then in fear
I look forward
with anticipation
as to what still has to come
the past is just
well the past
can't be re-written
as it were chipped in stone
but the future
however long
or short
is still a blank page
and I look forward
to what is to be
what is yet to come

Monday, June 18, 2018

(to the tune of  "Summertime")

Summertime
and the weather is humid
Summertime
and I'm sweating like heck
Summertime
and misquotes are coming
Summertime
one is biting my neck
Summertime
I'd rather be indoors
with my AC
and maybe a cold six pack

Tuesday, May 08, 2018

Spring is here.......finally
Winter clothes
put away for awhile
grass is green
trees are budding
and the dandelions
are well doing
what dandelions do
the geese are back
with little ones in tow
but so are the seagulls
doing what they do
which I wish they won't
but even in the best of times
a little rain must fall
but as of right now
take the bad
with the good
and in balance
the good wins out
and at least it ain't winter

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Music how oft' to you I have run
you have been many times my safe place my solace
I embrace you I cover myself within your warm embrace
Regardless of what  the world....life
may throw my way in your arms
how often have I found refuge
and also the answers I seek
To you have I so oft' run
and you always seem to know what I seek
whether classical, liturgical, or even rock and roll
and if I don't find the answers I seek
I always return relaxed, and with a new perspective
and can return to my world, my life, renewed

Sunday, February 18, 2018

The time is late
the darkness
like a shroud
covers the last light
of the day
my body yearns
for rest
for repose
for sleep
and rest
but the mind rarely agrees
if not the cares of the day
my imagination
often refuses to rest
until it's travels are complete
or the un-resistible
power of sleep
finally wins
and the imagination
lays dominant....for a while

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Many would have said
that I was a difficult child
and with age
I've only got worse
their assessment
and I must admit
mine as well
Even as a kid
I needed to know....WHY!?!
I didn't even then
accept something as
right, ethical or true
until I could through
study, experience, or observation, agreed
Obviously I spent many
hours in the:
woodshed
detainsion
the principles office
but also in thought
study and reflection
From those who had been
placed in authority
I accepted what came
learning from it
but never from those
who just thought that
they had authority over me
Obviously I was a
difficult child
and haven't changed much
after over 70 years on earth
well at least in some peoples "learn'ed opinions"
and you know they're right
but that's their problem never...mine

Thursday, February 08, 2018

body exhausted
demands sleep
desires rest
repose
but the mind
runs around aimlessly
from one thing 
to another
nothing of any import
just random
trivia thought
who will win
eventually the body will win
and the mind will rest
but for now the question is
when?

Friday, January 19, 2018

Life...existence
I know I exist
but is the why
Important

Is there some
grand design
I'd like to think
that there is

some external purpose
a plan laid out
a proverbial paint by the numbers
that I lost the directions for

Haven't as of yet
been able to prove it
but maybe that's the
point of it

or is it just
random chance
just happenstance
a "big bang"

Either way
I think that
it's not about
the why

But the here and now
I'm here, the time is now
what do I make of
my existence

Is there a final judgement
I'd like to think so
but again I can't
prove that

or there isn't a final judgement
in any case
I'm here....and I'm driven
to improve

might as well get started





Monday, January 08, 2018

after a severe storm
outside my rooms
the temperature
is on the rise

the snow
and the ice
melt before
my eyes

after a severe storm
my soul looks outward
the storm that was within
has abated

Life is like winter
whether the storm is
internal or external
this too shall pass

Wednesday, January 03, 2018

The cold invades
in the material world
the snow
and the cold
have made
their annual return
they mess
with my bones
with my mobility

but
i refuse
to let them
mess with me
not the physical
but my state of mind
I am in control of that
Let the snow and cold do their worst
In my mind it's spring