Age does not control my life,
I am still full of life,
But disability has slowed me down.
7/6/2023

Every moment of Silence
     is a pent up scream of
              anguish and pain.

The things that I eat
The way that I breath
Are none of your business
If you’re asking me
None of your business
To tell the truth
What I believe
And what I do
About any subject
The way that I feel
Is none of your business
If you can’t tell
That none of your business
Is the bottom line
In spending my money
Spending my time
How I behave
In this win or lose
None of your business
I’m telling you
If you can’t see
What you conceive
It’s none of your business
If you’re asking me

A novel is writ
from the brush of a knee.
Stranger in the window seat.
What's wrong with me?

We are fragments of reality.

as my book
slipped into
the river
i realised
it has its own
journey - as do I