Wednesday, October 9, 2024

3rd Act





People teach you

about people.


Loneliness and Solitude

See-Saw.


Generations 

leave more than can be

taken.


Practice

gratitude & letting go

of things and people 

you were grateful for 


Once. 


Everything happens...


Burning bridges,

opening doors-


There must be more

than one way


In or out.


One way to look at it

is just that.


People need people

like signposts

for orientation.


Yet never to be 

in the same place

at the same time.


Missing and

Lost 

can be both 

alone and together.


When you find yourself...



Painting by George Hitchcock, 'Calypso' c. 1906 Google Art Project via Wikimedia Commons in Public Domain. 

Making time

 




Maybe it's how,

I gotta go in 10 minutes,

feels so different from-

I have 10 more minutes of sleep-


Or all lights are green

and other days every single one

makes you wait

reminding

Patience is virtuous


Following the divorce,

of course,

treading harder than ever

just to stay afloat-


On that same note

trying harder to keep 

inspired

instead of always feeling 

tired.


Grinding the mill stone

down to the metal

ore-

just

Stop and sink-


Or was it drop and think...


Into a poem

pocketing loose pieces 

while waiting

for the light to change.


Painting by Esperando La Pesca 'Waiting for the Catch' via Wikimedia Commons in Public Domain. 

3rd Act

People teach you about people. Loneliness and Solitude See-Saw. Generations  leave more than can be taken. Practice gratitude & letting ...