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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Stumbles

Coming to terms with what? 

The weather? 


My lot in life?

My past that always seemed 


to have a trip wire making

me stumble, stop and think, 


choose the how not the why

Of course today, 


that ever present present, 

still has its trip wires. 


Knowing that, I can take my time, 

Avoid the stumble; still stop, think 


and make better choices 

not perfect just better.


“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language, 

and next year’s words await another voice.”

~ T.S.Eliot

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Invisible Reason

 

Invisible responses are my own 


when no one is around to see 


the sudden jerk of my arm, 


the blink on and off of consciousness 


the drift in a cotton space 


that weighs me down 


for an hour or a day 


with no reason that is visible.


The reason is epilepsy ~


 ~ tucked neatly inside my brain.


“One bears things because there is no alternative.”

~ C.J.Sansom, Sovereign

Monday, May 4, 2026

Out on a Limb

Out on a limb 

I swing and sway 

whether wind is

north or south, 

east or west.


I learn to balance, 

or just hang on 

with faith that 

my strength will 

keep me safe.


When retirement comes, 

and wild winds change, 

I’m given a choice ~

to stay out on the limb,

or choose another tree.


“A human being is a deciding being.”

~ Viktor E. Frankl, M.D.

(1905 - 1997)