tho it took awhile
I'm slower than others I guess
still
I've discovered
life, which has become
solitude more or less
since Dottie has gone on
life uprooted
n'er to be the same again
new town
new neighbors, et al
I repeat
tho it took me awhile
life has opened its arms to me
not to say
all is good
my goodness, no it isn't
but
the last years
have opened my eyes
cleaned out my ears
wiped the debris of forty years of wandering
from my soul
authentic physical wandering
and
mentally sidestepping through life's splendor
ah, now I get it
now that life is almost over
I get it
better-late-than-never
true , yes it is true
this is not about whining that I wasted
my youth
and a big part of my adulthood
no
this is about celebration
of my eyes being opened
my ears hearing what it never heard before
and all that debris?
oh, it’s still there
piled up alongside the road of life
as it should be
n'er to cause me pain

©February 27, 2018 / Jerry Pat Bolton