re: Friday, September 11, 2020
I'm darting around behind
commemorations hoping to
not be seen.
My trumpet is in the shop
getting waxed and buffed.
I'm not feeling the tune.
A beautiful gray day.
A poem by P.J. Rockwell scrolls by.
I cried. I'll show you where.
What if nothing else ?
This. Only. No more.
A song by Willie pops up in my face.
Something about the ease of older age.
Nothing matters.
Except I cried.
Again.
Had enough.
Blessed.
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David L White
Poem parts
Friday, September 11, 2020
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Posted with permission.
P.J. Rockwell
September 13, 2018 ·
THE LOST KISS
i approach your face with mine
at that oblique angle indicating
parting friends that kiss the air
next to a cheek turned just so,
doing this with all the passion
of a city clerk filling out a land
deed or transferring some title
that specifically outlines every
boundary between properties.
this seems fair. like the shared
air we breathe in the moments
as brief as comfort allows, but
shallow too just as our mutual
expectations in love assuring
us how safe such conditional
affections can be. yet oh how
i miss the lost kiss, passions
unrestrained as a child's joy
at anything new. or perhaps
this is what we are seeking,
to replace past puberty and
its demands. the unabashed
return to the thrill of playing,
the flutter in the stomach as
the swing hits the peak and
we hope to stay forever like
my lips do now not wanting
to leave your face or its air.
9/13/18
pj rockwell
262/365
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It Gets Easier
by Willie Nelson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTiFS9g-v_o
https://mojim.com/usy106711x42x10.htm
It gets easier, as we get older
It gets easier to say "not today"
It gets easier, as we get older
To say "go away, not today"
I don't have to do
One damn thing
That I don't want to do
Except for missing you
And that won't go away
It gets easier to say "some other time"
It gets easier to tell the world to wait
It gets easier to watch the world fly by
And tell it, "I will catch up, but not today"
I don't have to do
One damn thing
That I don't want to do
Except for missing you
And that won't go away
Except for missing you
And that won't go away
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Buddy Cannon / Willie Nelson
It Gets Easier lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management
