Thank You for Asking

29 May 2013

Thank You for Asking

There is nothing wrong
with my mind
nothing wrong with my body parts
or the way I go about my day
thinking about flowers
I’ve yet to come across

I can still put together a crossword puzzle
like a son of a bitch
but I choose not to
because there are so many more
important things yet to be done

Sometimes I’d rather sit here
and play online poker
while putting together words
I call poetry
and recite them back to myself
nodding and pretending
someone might like them
a half a world away

There is nothing wrong
with my mind
even though some days I wish there was
so I could just sit here
and daydream
and listen to my heart beat

may two thousand thirteen
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved

Posted in Dreams, Poetry and tagged aging, daydreams, flowers, introspection, poem, Poetry, spring fever

9 thoughts on “Thank You for Asking”

Wordifull Melanie on July 12, 2013 at 4:17 am said:

“There is nothing wrong
with my mind
even though some days I wish there was
so I could just sit here
and daydream
and listen to my heart beat”
I can relate 🙂

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- j matthew waters on July 12, 2013 at 5:58 am said:
  
  😀
  
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Rose Red on May 3, 2015 at 2:54 pm said:

Crazy about this one, John

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- j matthew waters on May 3, 2015 at 5:06 pm said:
  
  Oh thank you Rose – two May’s ago this one came to life now trying to figure out why – moving parts are still working ;`)
  
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  - Rose Red on May 3, 2015 at 5:07 pm said:
    
    Maybe you had Spring fever, like I do
cordannao on November 11, 2018 at 9:24 pm said:

Reading this now in 2018 makes me wish I’d read it when it was first published. I’m older now and even more muddled but strangely content with my lot. You can’t speed up the future, it will come when the time is right.

Thank you for your words of wisdom and balance.

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- j matthew waters on November 11, 2018 at 9:31 pm said:
  
  thank you for finding this one today and sharing your thoughts ~ brings back memories and for that I am grateful
  
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jmbhatt on December 7, 2019 at 9:45 pm said:

Conversing with soul…

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- j matthew waters on December 7, 2019 at 9:52 pm said:
  
  thank you for visiting and commenting on this one my friend
  
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