Aging

Fiftieth birthday Awkward blue heron takes flight Letting go of self

Fiftieth birthday

Awkward blue heron takes flight

Letting go of self

Flight

  Nervous at airport Emotions trump physics laws What keeps us aloft?

 

Nervous at airport

Emotions trump physics laws
What keeps us aloft?

Longing

  Missing my kiddies They grew so far beyond me And never came home Sent from my iPhone

 


Missing my kiddies
They grew so far beyond me
And never came home

Sent from my iPhone

Cowboys

  Cowboys ford fast streams Heads barely above water This is a whoop up.

 

Cowboys ford fast streams

Heads barely above water
This is a whoop up.

Flight

  Planes enter the clouds Disoriented, afraid Rather stay on earth.

 

Planes enter the clouds

Disoriented, afraid
Rather stay on earth.

Distracted

We follow too close And hurry on down the road We brake for nothing

We follow too close

And hurry on down the road

We brake for nothing

Economy

They work grunt day jobs And overtime late night shifts Our children slide by  

They work grunt day jobs

And overtime late night shifts

Our children slide by

 

Grunt

  They work grunt day jobs And overtime late night shifts Our children slide by Key words:sawing shift, adult children, recession

 

They work grunt day jobs

And overtime late night shifts
Our children slide by
Key words:sawing shift, adult children, recession

Empty nest

Empty nest blues hit. House full of adult children. We all sigh as one.     Key words: childhood, empty nest, transitions

Empty nest blues hit.

House full of adult children.

We all sigh as one.

 

 

Key words: childhood, empty nest, transitions

Graduation

The white robed girls flock We can hardly count the years Release them like doves     Key words: graduation, girls, freedom

The white robed girls flock

We can hardly count the years

Release them like doves

 

 

Key words: graduation, girls, freedom