Day: November 15, 2022

I still look

Even knowing

The leaving took place

No shadows remain

Doubt is there:

Did it really happen or

Were sleep and dreams

Playing a trick on me

Peek around the corner

Just curiously

Nothing there

Only fleeting memories

The light is low

I had to know

Everything that was

Is now out of sight

I hear the wind and

Dry leaves that rustle

It is difficult to

Pull my eyes away from

What I don’t see

The absence is mystifying

I find myself looking

Not seeing

Waiting for a while

I listen

The wind may murmur

A few remembrances

I’ll remain for them

Then walk away

Knowing

Stanski

November 15, 2022, ^

EVEN THOUGH TIMES ARE DIFFICULT,

WE ARE STILL INVOLVED IN THE THINGS WE DO

IT MAY BE EASY TO FIND EXCUSES

FOR LOSING OUR WAY OR GIVING UP

WHAT GOOD ARE THEY AS WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

WHO WOULD FAULT US IF WE DRIFT OR STRAY

WOULD ANYONE NOTICE IF WE SHOW DISCONTENT

SHOULD WE VACATE TO AVOID THE RENT

WHAT WOULD THE CONSEQUENCE BE OR

THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AS IF IN A DREAM

OH THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND AND THEY KNOW IT IS TOUGH

COMPASSION FOR YOU IN SPITE OF YOUR FLUFF

NO, MY FRIEND, THIS IS NOT THE WAY. 

THERE ARE ENOUGH GAMES THAT HAVE TO BE PLAYED

WHEN YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A CLUE

YOU DON’T GET AWAY WITH THOSE THINGS YOU DO

EVEN THOUGH THE BURDENS ARE DIFFICULT TO ENDURE

WE ARE STILL INVOLVED IN THE THINGS WE DO

THE OUTCOMES WE SEEK ARE STILL INTACT AND

PATHWAYS ARE LONGER AND HILLS ARE STEEP

WE START EARLIER, WORK LONGER AND

LATER PREPARE FOR THE NEXT EVENT

WE ARE THE LIGHT AS WE REMAIN

A CUT ABOVE FOR ALL TO SEE

AND FOR THEM TO FOLLOW SUIT AND

INCORPORATE INTO THEIR PHILOSOPHY

THIS GUIDANCE MAY SEEM SIMPLE,

BUT SO IS A SIGN TO MARK A TRAIL

THE SUCCESS IS IN THE SHOWING UP

THE REWARD IS IN THE DOING

AND THE KNOWING THAT WITHIN US IS THE HERO

OFTEN MASKED AS ENLIGHTENMENT

STANSKI

NOVEMBER 14, 2022