Tuesday, January 11, 2022
a good friend
Jim takes good care of our house
While we are away for months on end
Glad to be able to help us out
Tending to our many house plants
There are thirty-five each with instructions
No simple task that takes time to complete
Negotiating cactus barbs and high hanging pots
Feeling the soil to adjust the watering amount
Bringing in the mail and checking for importance
Calling in reports if there's anything of note
Cheerfully contending with winter there
We would be at a loss without him doing this
When it snowed he shoveled the walk and driveway
Doing what a house sitter would do
But he has his own place and only drops by
Leaving as soon as these chores are complete
Jim is a good friend and I try to reciprocate
Doing it in the only way that I can
Being someone who cares for him to talk to
Finding information when there's a question
We don't always agree on everything
But we share the same world view
And we know we can depend on each other
Because we are brothers by choice
Monday, January 10, 2022
Sunday, January 9, 2022
as if to make up for lost time
Quiet time makes it possible
To put words together to write something
But not if you are upset or worried
Like I was for so many years
Quiet time is a luxury I have now
Being retired living an easy life
Undisturbed by any relationship drama
Except if my past troubles intrude
Awake at night considering my failings
Stuck in a bad situation withdrawn in my shell
Dismayed I stayed stubbornly holding on
Stuck in my sleepless ruminations
Back then I was unable to express myself
Blocked with unresolved conflicted feelings
But now the lines of verse often flow easily
As if to make up for lost time
For now I am not alone with my thoughts
Having a loving partner to assure me
I am the person they want to be with
Still happy after these many years.
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