Date:  ???? 2012

So Simple

Everyday I compensate
For my age, my health
And my spirit
So much time to spend
Just maintaining
That which I inherit
Nature, society and humanity
Blessable awareness (of mortality)
And the choice of dignity
Feeling the love
Promised in Heaven
Not from above
But in the le[a]ven
A constant return
For gettin ‘in the givin’
An Atheist’s ‘Golden Rule’
What’s yours?

Rough date: Wed 2/29/2012

I was once upon a time
A runner
Young and strong and driven
In a straight line
Bejaggered by nature and society

Desperately trying to understand
Pressed ever forward
Seeking meaning in life
Seeking to survive
Seeking to live better or well
Seeking each the nature of our soul

I’m older now
Much older
And hardly now
A pedestrian
Age delivering infirmity
A new perspective

Once I was an infant
Just discovering the lines
Between shadow and light
I’m now less aware of detail
Feeling out broader perspective
Even infirmity delivers revelation