Monday, May 20, 2013

THE CONTENT OF MY DAY

all my scenes return to my mind


the teenaged joy giving way

to young adult hope


and adult fullness...all joy and pain

at its fullest measure...giving way to thoughtfulness


which leads to middle-aged retrospection

and the realization that the time of one's life is limited


and if our habits haven't killed us

we reach the point where we pause to count the cost


and before you know it you're middle-aged leaning toward

the long evening of age where every low afternoon


cannot help but recall high noon before the violet twilight

just after sundown soothes every qualm into place


and every scene returns to seal the content of my day




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