Got Me For Life - a New Year's Medley

for Bebe Rexha


There's one thing
     that's constant
          "you've got yourself for life"

Eveything else
     comes and fades:
          recriminations, repercussions,
          delineations, manifestations,
          life, death - - - - -

All altered with fluctuations
     permeating the flow.

You can always
     look in the mirror,

What you see
     will never change,
          except for age.

It's a comfort
     to know that you'll

effortlessly be there
     for yourself

No matter what calamities
     are thrown your way - - - - -

It's divine intervention.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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February 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Hi Frank thought I'd read some of your older poems first, after all, we joined POETRY SOUP at more or less the same time. I like this one a lot, YUP we only have to look in the mirror, but sometimes I don't think i'll ever grow up, young at heart, however an extra pain or ache sends me rushing to the mirror which reassures me, mirror, mirror on the wall is you are the most right of all. Blessings, Jennifer.
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March 21, 2017 at 6:05 PM
Frank! How wonderfully encouraging!! I never looked at certain situations that way. Well done!! Hugggs Deb
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