Beyond Midlife - The Wabi-Sabi Writer

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Beyond Midlife


Once Upon A Time

a time when

there were no bounds, set

no edges, hard

no limits, known


I collected stories

like seashells

scattered 

across the speckled sand

the sand that squeaked 

beneath our bare feet

as we wandered 

the infinite shore

at Cranes Beach


Salt and seafoam

sunburns and sea diamonds

sandollars

shook

if we were lucky, the dove

still inside


my life

was a summer day

stretching towards

an endless

horizon


now the days

grow short

the shadows

grow long

my long hair

streaked and speckled

with white

my sight

dimmed


still here

I ask

How is it 

that I can remember

tomorrow


when today

is 

all 

but

forgotten?


Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 25 

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