The year 2025
The month June
Thinking of you
Like to remember
Do You?
1985
Summer
Blurred
A club
On Audubon?
A dance
Intimate
Moving in rhythm
A connection
A spark
A future
Just an instant
Remembering
A sudden release
The door
A car
Left
Or ran?
Time
Eclipsed memory
I wonder
Thinking of you
Thinking of me
All this time
A shared memory
What could have been
Will the fates lend a hand
Asked
Wait and see
The year 2025
A date not mentioned
Too close to home
A lion in heaven
A strong roar of strength
Magic untapped
Transferred
I’m here
Always watching
Always aware
Comings and goings
A glimpse of the past
A radiant future
A desert
A plain
The Serengeti
True love
A lion roars
The world hears
A gift
Unmeasurable
By space or time
Whisper to me Mama
In your darkest despair
A son will listen
Always listens
The sound of your voice
Is it calling me home
Or anchoring me in place?
The year late 2025
Before 24 Dec
The tip of the iceberg
Win some
Lose some
Learning
Presenting
Blazing a trail
Working
Reworking
Organizing
Following your heart
Always
Always
Always
Your instincts
Few will follow
Stand the test of time
Forward
Passion
A soldier in the mist
Emerging
Armed
Ready to fight
You’ll be the one
Shoot from the hip
No one better
For the next round
Learned
Learn
Learning
Keep pace with your soul
This is just the tip of the iceberg
The year 2030
The ancients will return
Mothers
Fathers
Sons
And daughters
Reclaiming the land
From which they came
New ways
Old ways
Respect and grandeur
Thanking
Working
Restoring
What had been lost
Dig deep
Unearth the past
Will lead to the future
Glass and bone
Sharing responsibility
Flow through the earth
Forming an alliance
Past
Present
Future
Mixed
A renewal of spirit
A renewal of life
Corn, Beans, Squash
Where it all began
The past will clear the path
The year unknown
The date 14 May
Reaching past a solemn promise
Communal commitment
Shadows form
A resilience encroaches
Safety
Not safe
Not really
Not yet
Place all the blame
On the spirits that call us
Regard
No
Respect
Not really
Suffering
Antidote
Venomous
Wretched
A place
Nowhere near
What I thought it might be
Strangers
They recognize
The good in me
My best
Regards to the living
To those I love best
It’s been quite the journey
Now I can rest
A chuckle
A sigh
That’s all you get
Know to do the rest
The year 2024
The date 1 Mar
I’m having a heart attack
I think
Not sure
I’m confused
Breathing suddenly off
Labored
Walking
Deep breath in
Deep breath out
Trying to normalize
The rhythm won’t stop
My thoughts wander
Scared
Walking
Where can I get to?
The pathway?
Will I make it?
I’m not sure
Keep it quick
A few steps
Ten?
Twenty?
Then gone
From a distance
Folks come running
Too late they suspect
Yet they try their best
Funny to watch
I’ve never seen myself like that
Strange how the end came
I don’t remember a thing
Just the gently falling snow
But was it snowing?
I just don’t know
I’ll be right back
That’s what I said
But I didn’t
The year 2025
The date 23 Feb
Pieces of the puzzle
Need to come together
Partnering of thoughts
One young
One old
A common message between
Brilliance
Competence
Mirror of each other
Yin
Yang
A powerful duo
Do the right thing
A return to the basics
Innovative design
Technology based
A yearning
A puzzle
The solving of a problem
New approach
For both
Success
In mirrors
Success
Upon success
Keep moving forward
At lightning speed
Alas
A solution
Blend into one
Time honored profession
New start
The year 2025
The date 26 Jan
Dear Dad
But you’re not really my dad
But you are
I’m sad
I’m dying
I know this
She helps
Because I’ve asked
How much longer, it depends
I don’t know if you’re listening
But I’m hoping
I want to fix things
Just for me
I want to see you
Talk to you
If only for an hour
I have questions I want to ask
Maybe I’ll ask or maybe I won’t
But I just want to sit
Quiet or talking
I do love to talk
I’ll let you talk though
I just want to hear what you’ll say
I know they’ll be mad or hurt, I guess
But it’s me who’s dying
Don’t I get a request
Hey dad, I want to see you
If only for an hour
One hour please
Did you know that I’m dying?
The year 1883
November
Paris
Winter approaching
Alone amongst men
Painting, laughing, brooding
Children really
Blues and yellows
They billow around me
Watching
The techniques
The actions
Relegated to model
Why?
How?
When?
A need arises
A voice within speaks
Rise
Walk away
A space
Paint
More to the story
Your story
And so they began
The painting years
The year 1975
The date 28 March
The monster in the tree
It waits for me
Eyes watching
Always watching
Detached I live
All the abuse
Punishing
Punishment
No difference known
I wake
I sleep
The monster in the tree
Always seeing
Always waiting
Catching me off guard
Alone
Afraid
I’m here now
Will be gone tomorrow
Releasing
Retreating
Into the fog
Know me
Find me
Alone in the dark
Help me
Heal me
Handle it all
I release what’s missing
Taking up the sword
Slashing
Cutting
Now I’m totally gone
The year 1987
The day 28 Sept
Montana
A mountain ledge
Crystal blue skies
Losing my balance
A fall from grace
Eyes shut
Waiting for impact
My life
The climb
Worth the experience
Too late to struggle
Slowing down the momentum
Eyes open now
Arms stretched wide
I’m flying
Even just in my mind
The view
A blur of memories
All good
Intentional, no
An accident
Let them know
Tragic, yes
The end
My own terms
The year 2024
The date 29 Nov
Well, I’m dying
And I really mean it
Struggling to accept the situation
A last ditch effort
Maybe
Maybe not
I seek advice, but I won’t take it
Never have, never will
Why do I ask?
Surrounding myself with what I don’t know
Insulation?
Was there ever a cure?
No, just a prolonging
Are we supposed to prolong?
Who decided that, I wonder
What would happen if we didn’t prolong?
What if we savored life more?
Right?
Wrong?
Love more
We are a society of prolonging
Prolonging the agony
Prolonging the hope
We prolong and keep prolonging
To what end I’m trying to figure
Regrets, not many
What do I expect?
What should we all expect?
Nothing I suppose
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
I’m dying and I know it
Wish me luck
I might need it
I’m dying
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