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Frustrations

As our patience wears thin
We encounter the Moment
Where our frustrations
Boil to the surface

That deep part of us
We choose not to reveal
Even to ourselves
Is the legend of nightmares

For what awaits us
When this dimension surfaces
Are bits and pieces of knowledge about who we are
That are too painful to see in the clear light of day

Better to be afflicted
With all manner of ache and pain
Than to see 
A part of which we really are

This denial 
Has an expiration date for all
Yet most wish to stay in denial 
And passively wait for that date to transpire
Rather than actively confront truth

If only we could believe
Really believe
That by confronting and exposing these 
Inner dimensions of ourselves

We are actually addressing the nightmare
Changing who we are
And eliminating that expiration date
From having any real meaning

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Autumn's End

The birds are chirping
The landscaper is mowing
Sweets floral scents 
Waft in the air

School is still out
Frolicking in the sun is still in
The games grown-ups play
Are those familiar to children year round

Our senses delight
In the sublime subtleties of nature
We grin from ear to ear
At the cheer that sunshine brings

Nothing can interrupt this divine setting
Nothing can disturb our countenance at these times
For we somehow believe this will go on forever 
Even though we know it will not

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Aging Gracefully

Up in the morning
body a puzzle
with various layers
going in and out of 
this dimension

Liver enraged
legs projecting
a different plane of reality
than the arms

Muscle fiber groups
looking for their chorus
to sing a symphony
instead playing a lot of solos

Spleen laughing hysterically
at what 
no one knows
least of all the brain
which keeps sending signals
that no one wishes to hear

Bowels and guts
keep making fun
of each others'
names and comportment 

Kidneys about 
to break through the damn
despite the bladder paying its taxes
to keep the water out

Nervous system
does not have the heart
to grieve
this state of affairs

Noises and strange motions
coming from everywhere
going nowhere fast

Joints at wrong angles
each one 
blaming the other
and the pillow

Then a loud yawn
and breakfast is served

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Early Morning Walk

The door opens
like a gateway
to nirvana
ravaging the dark
with the outside light

Sun glaring down
like a stern parent
disapproving the showering
of such grace
on undeserving kids

Chirping birds
barking dogs
feral cats
on the prowl

All a symphony
of morning glory
on the summer day
from heaven

Trekking along 
winding roads
as nature opens up
before us

Our bodies 
seek to unlock
from restrictive
digital positions

No technology here
microchips cannot 
replace the unrivaled
pleasure that 
nature offers
the body, spirit
and soul

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The Agony of Standing Still

The ache of routine
blowing breaths of fire
stemming from agony
deep within

Better the terror
of excitement
just for the newness
than the sameness of days
repeating again and again

As travelers through 
this life
we best not gather moss
or be entangled in webs
for some spiders' bite

The agony arises
from the realization
we may not even
taste very good

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The Day After

Bleeping like neon
screens off and on
melancholy of the viewer
glory of IT 

Electronic health record
now online
like the Terminator series
humanity heading
towards point of no return

Logged on
all the organs and vital functions
in full view
to peruse 
functional status

Let's not forget
metabolic indices
circulatory parameters
and those reminders
and warnings
uggh 

The house doctor
with the paternal smile
and bag of tricks
thing of the past

That was only
when men
walked on the moon

Now we walk in cyberspace
where all is revealed
yet all is concealed

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The Past Beckons

Walk down memory lane
to a high school 
no longer existent  

on to storage
with pictures and books 
now on digital
of memories of those long passed

the ache of history
can find no solace 
in the present 

leaving no legacy
but the what-ifs 
of now

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Light From the Shadows

Joe was nondescript
not that tall
but not very short 

even keel
not loud or quiet
straight down the middle

the last to be noticed
in a crowd
the first to be skipped over 

until someone took notice
finding this curiosity 
to be worthy of study

the social circle all ruled by
their passions 
standing out, being heard, 
being number one, accolades
life of the party

except all these 
could not be counted on
to be there for you 
in time of need
as the number two

not so Joe
willing to submit his ego
for the greater good
be it visiting the sick
taking abuse to stand for the just
spending his time
in anonymous acts of kindness 

will not make the front page news
but will get top billing 
by those who discern
the extraordinary

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Spring Showers and Queen Bees

the last vestiges of winter
leave with the warming of air
and the strong wind gusting 
as the hot and cold clash 
in the battle of the Titans 

what was frost is now defrost
as I yearn to venture outside
and be hugged by the spring season

sudden downpours alert me to 
change in the air
a sniff of flower and sunshine 
that warms as it illuminates 

torrential rains knock at my window
washing away the old
as queen bees knock at my door
seeking the best real estate 
to plant the nest 
and start a new family

the very drops of water
I shuddered from in the cold
I now embrace
as a sign 
of better days to come