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Sunshine
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0 posted 2004-05-19 07:25 PM



Re-Right

I deal with things
regarding matters
every day

re: this and re: that and I thought to myself ~
time for some retrospection regarding my own m’dear…

so I’m only 52 with emphasis on only
and I’m only writing because it’s my passion;
I’m only working to pay the bills now
for the fun of it
has been left behind and most of those
I know
are foot-loosing with fancy-free

and it’s not that I envy them
but would spend more time with them
and I will, I will…

So I tackled the big ride again, took off
on an old-fashioned road bike,
just to re-right myself,
health being a factor to longevity, one knows…
but not for too long, for the disused body
ain’t what it use to be,
but one has to start, somewhere
so I started Sunday, appointments Monday,
rained Tuesday,
so on hump day I lumped along
joined the park’s setting, spoke to the birds who can eat
all carbs via bread they wish and yet not fall to fat
[plump maybe] ~
biked till a burn began, then headed home, knowing tomorrow
is yet one more working day;

on the way home, senses and sensibilities
became more aware;
bar-be-ques were smoking; jasmines were scenting;
children, laughing; birds chirping;

me, dodging traffic;

my mind was running away in words
to share daylight dreams, to rework and re-edit
what I might display;
to re-right my wrongs of all that I’ve failed in…

and to acknowledge
those few successes of moderate times;
to realize my reasons to re-do my thoughts
and re-write, re-right, re-sight with regard
all reasons to push on.

So I shall.



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Janet Marie
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1 posted 2004-05-19 08:38 PM


I for one will be glad when you quit your "day job" to WRITE WRITE WRITE

make sure that bike has a basket...take your camera....and a pen & notebook....I want to see the pics that inspire you.

Sunshine
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2 posted 2004-05-19 08:42 PM


TOOK the camera, little girl...one step ahead of you...but old age admits that...

Cropping photos as you type!!!

Janet Marie
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3 posted 2004-05-19 08:44 PM


  

post em girlie...post em.

Martie
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4 posted 2004-05-19 11:57 PM


Hey sis!

"re: this and re: that and I thought to myself ~
time for some retrospection regarding my own m’dear…"

Have I told you recently how proud I am of you?

Sunshine
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5 posted 2004-05-28 11:10 AM


Yeah, Martie...you sure have...
I think it's a poet thing...

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