Thursday, July 8, 2004

the fall


cradled in a safe chair
hi-fi stereo streaming
through giant earmuffs
     wandering the paths
          peering ahead, trembling
               struggling against the magnet of the past
 
easy to see the whole
two decades seemed a lifetime…
 
add a score plus ten
and now it is
---half a lifetime, anyway
     so many years
          so many burdens
               so many losses
I went somewhere…I did
but fell back
long fall, in slow motion
back to the chair, the stereo
and the paths
     and the wondering
          and the trembling
               and the struggling

9 comments:

  1. Great poem! Makes me wonder what song took you on the trip. Oh so many do I guess. :-) ---Robbie

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  2. One of my friends and I were wondering just a couple of days ago what on earth ever made us think that middle age wouldn't be packed with terrifying problems and uncertainties.

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  3. Don't we all.  Is this yours?  I like.

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  4. I love this, Lisa.  You're a poet!!!!  Share some more!!!

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  5. This is a very nice poem.  You write very well.  I like the contents in here.

    Thank you for the nice comments on my blog.  I find it fascinating that you saw them build Great America here.  I remember you telling me that you are originally from here and you moved to the Northwest coast.  Can I ask what made you leave the best city in the world?

    Have you started reading My Life BTW?

    Anita

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  6. WOW   that's a great poem.......love it!

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  7. What a wonderful journal you have.... I will definitely be back. Loved your 'about me and the entries I have read so far. Leave the light on, I'll be back! Thanks for coming to see me, judi

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  8. Oh, Lisa. I am so glad you shared this.  It's beautiful, and I relate to it so much.

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  9. That is a lovely thing to read.  Thanks for sharing. :-)
    Donna

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