Once I was young
And life was fun,
Always busy
And on the run.
Then I matured
To an adult:
No marathons,
Cartwheels or vaults.
Before I knew
I’d become aged.
My life had turned
Another page.

Hazy moon on a misty night,
Keeping the dim skies clear and bright
Amidst the raindrops—soft and light.
This, somehow, seems to be all right.

Yonder like a chivalrous knight
Hangs the moon at a distant height.
A most serene and gorgeous sight—
Filling the fancy with delight.

All-wise Creator. God aright.
Endow such watchman of the night
To faithfully shine with his might.
And bar the dark, which lords o’er fright.

Lights a blinking
Carols sounding
Shoppers hustling
To and fro.

In the chilly
Air of winter
Expectations
Only grow.

Fond memories
Plow the mind
With Christmases
Of long ago.

A flashback here
A Flashback there
Keeps the Season
All aglow.

Hurricane Maria,
With rancor in her stride,
Swept ‘cross the ****** Isles.
From her, none could hide.

Smashing Puerto Rico
She turned it upside down.
Forced it into crisis mode,
And made it a ghost town.

She struck right quick and hard
To whirl, and twist and toss.
Cut water, food and pow’r
As folks wept for their loss.

Maria spun casualties
Among those near and dear.
But time still trundles on
Tho life is all but clear.

Midst such devastation,
Who knows where to begin?
But the people must rebuild
Regardless the tail spin.

Orange, red and yellow
Against the western skies.
No, it’s not Christmas lights
But California fires.

Hot, like a raging bull
Emerging every bend,
Terrorizing one and all
It soars upon the wind.

‘Tis larger than New York
And Boston states combined.
The third largest Cal fire
Has yet to be confined.

The so-called Thomas fire,
Formidable at will,
Sadly has razed life and land,
And yet it rages still.

Congratulations to those
Fortunate enough
To take the plunge,
Crossing the threshold
Into a new zone,
Once more to brave
Life’s uncharted waters.

May your sunshine be bright
And your coffers be full.
May your storms be few
And your furnaces be less.

May you laugh more than cry
And smile more than frown.
For every blessing to be had,
May good health be your crown.
Happy New Year Everybody.

Life’s pendulum
Swings with time:
Back and forth.
Back and forth.
Back and forth.

Good and bad.
Life and death:
Back and forth,
Back and forth.

Joy and sorrow.
Sunshine and rain:
Back and forth,
Back and forth.

Yes. That’s life.
It never continues
On one course,
But is ever back and forth.