Of This I'm Certain
• 10/02/23 at 11:20PM •Of this I am certain,
from this I know,
if you don't step forward,
you've nowhere to go.
In the beginning,
take one step at a time.
Have some cheese and crackers
and a bottle of wine.
Retired for many years and now re-discovering some writings, from long ago, along with new endeavor to help save my soul.
Of this I am certain,
from this I know,
if you don't step forward,
you've nowhere to go.
In the beginning,
take one step at a time.
Have some cheese and crackers
and a bottle of wine.
Alone,
she sits.
No one at the table.
How must this feel?
She doesn't know
or understand
and yet, when
I go to leave,
I see sadness,
but the words
won't come
to her.
Does she understand,
but can't explain?
I don't know,
but what if
she does know?
Is that
a tenable issue?
Upward, the wind burst,
into the sky.
Upward the kite flew,
on winds up high.
It did rain,
plants wet with dew.
Thinking of memories,
about me and you.
Fill the pot slowly,
before I can't
have the strength.
Should I now rant?
Rant about things,
out of our control.
A wasting of life,
oh, what a toll.
When did lying
become an acceptable
practice? When is someone,
responsible for what they say?
What sayeth you
to the one in charge?
asking questions from above,
either small or large.
Do you think I'm a fool,
without a clue?
What do you say?
What about you.
A rumble of
voices, a noise.
A babble of tones,
do you suppose,
people conversing,
talking along,
so many topics,
a mumbling song.
I'm sorry for the worry,
that followed you home.
Keeping those who love you
close, won't be alone.
I reach out.
Reaching in vain.
Calling to her,
Calling her name.
I awake startled,
she isn't in bed,
it's then I realize,
it was all in my head.
Sleeping together,
after 66 years,
is no longer possible.
I've realized my fears.
Abandoned as a child,
forsaken as a man.
Roadblocks to a path
to succeed. I know I can.
My inner peace,
is struggling once more.
Trying to reject depression,
as I get up from the floor.
There's nothing here,
I don't wish to keep score
about people's issues as
I don't relate anymore.
Forever we go.
Forever we stay.
Forever, a lifetime.
Forever ends, some day.