[at-l] Lightning occasionally strikes twice...

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

While walking today I was in a pondering mood and composed this...


Wandering Feet, Wandering Mind

Retired...
I often wander
the country roads and woods
near my home.
I have no goal
except to be there.

Feeling the bite of the winter wind
Admiring the flowers of spring
Absorbing the summer Sun
Collecting pocketsful of autumn leaves
(even tho' I know they will not last).

Sometimes, distracted by other things,
expenses and wants that are rising
while pensions are not, I wonder...
'Should I go back to work?'

"It would be good for you" they say.
"You'd have more social contact,
a sense of purpose in life
and structure to your day."

The wind gusts and swirls
the leaves around my feet,
and I wander on...