Empty seats surround me
A passenger on a trip
Alone.
Distinct crackles of snacks
Eaten.
No one banters
Across the space
Alone
I’m here for the ride.
Planes and Trains
Covered
With only the eyes exposed
Flashes of light
Reflect impressions.
Wrinkles appear
As hidden cheeks
Move to smile.
Lashes rise in
Surprise
Eyes reveal
what is real.
Travel
Leaving home
I’m in limbo
Between worlds
A chance to
Make strangers friends
See the earth spin
A gamble of logistics
Adaptions
To what differs
I am newly seen
Returning home
With new visions.
Let Me In
Open the door
I’m standing outside
Waiting for questions
Beyond answers.
Let’s begin the conversation
Not knowing the outcome.
Crack open the windows
Let in the light
Ask more.
Defiance of Mathematics
The stigma of the negative,
That which takes away
Stings and endures
Beyond the reach of the moment.
Chose to override.
Make the loss a challenge,
A plus
For each minus.
Add to the betterment
Of life
By the multiple of thirteen.
Imagine the seeds of change
As abundance of joy
As the negative
Is overpowered
by positive action.
The Story
Thoughts meander
Along past roads
Ones taken up steep hills
The scramble to arrive at the top
And see paths not taken.
The plateau evens the calls
Aged, we hand over the baton
To the young comers
The future never ends
As pages turn
To another chapter.
