Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Summed Up (I'm sharing some of my poetry today!)

Summed Up

walking
smiling
strolling
laughing
first love
first date
I do’s
life mate

skipping
loving
happily
giving
first home
first child
less sleep
bills piled

dragging
mulling
drudging
pulling
more kids
more stress
more debt
more duress

crawling
pleading
everyone
needing
years gone
figure’s gone
kids gone
future yawns

renewing
rebuilding
restoring
rekindling
flames lost
strangers two
struggling now
love anew

leaning
learning
spinning
turning
empty nest
full life
more time
less strife

resting
playing
dizzily
swaying
traveling here
going there
new freedom
simple cares

drooping
graying
edges
fraying
care dependent
less mobile
arthritic now
bones fragile

waiting
breathing
slipping
dreaming
body betraying
losing breath
closing eyes
welcoming death

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