mapping a new course
it’s early but I’ve got all night
pretending there are words
to stitch tight and scars to retrace
for no other reason than to pass time
time is a killer and has always been
especially to those preoccupied
studying mirrors expecting to find
openings through impassable roads
so many roads we’ve traveled alone
but I swear this one will be different
far-reaching and beautifully winding
leading us forward without precaution
july two thousand eighteen
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Love this, John – you got me with the first line and then that final stanza – really really like this.
oh thank you, Kathleen. I appreciate you visiting and sharing your thoughts. Hope all is well with you and yours as the Summer of ’18 rolls along.
Doing well – have decided to stay here on the lake – finding my way back to myself, I think – smiles
This one will be different, familiar words I tell myself.
I can certaintly appreciate that, Denise.