Living the Aging Life

The Yang Ming’s in the harbor.

Quiet.

Waiting for her turn.

She’ll soon off-load her cargo.

Back to Taiwan she’ll return.

Prince Philip died at 99.

He lived to a ripe old age.

All eyes will be on England.

His death’s taking center stage.

A crow is pecking across my lawn.

He’s pecking in a steady row.

If I were a bug, I’d hunker down…

I’d try to get away from that crow!

What the World needs most

is a lot more Words….

and it needs those words to rhyme.

It needs more words that

lilt and sing

and cause our hearts to climb.

It needs more words

of joy and praise —

of happiness and love.

And it needs more words

that lift our eyes

to the sun-lit sky above.

It needs more words

 that heal our hearts

and extend a helping hand.

It needs more words of

Brotherhood

to reach out across this land.

25 hundred died last night.

Is this never going to end?

Just when things were hopeful,

we’ve started an upward trend.

Some folks went without a mask –

thinking that all was fine.

For some, that was a sad mistake.

Death waited down the line.

It’s been eight weeks since I had a Pepsi.

Those weeks were hard for me.

I THINK I’ve cured my pop addiction.

I THINK I’m Pepsi Free!

It must be hard to be a King

and know the world’s a-twitter

to learn your fam’ly secrets hid

beneath the pomp and glitter.

It must be hard to be a Queen

and reign with majesty,

while knowing in her deepest heart

she’s a lot like you and me.

Ordinary people doing

ordinary things….

ordinary busy-ness

is mostly what life brings.

Every morning when I get up,

I have a thankful heart.

Yesterday has passed away.

I can make a fresh new start.