Living the Aging Life

My daffodils are turning

shining faces to the sun.

My winter yard is waking up.

Gard’nings sort of fun!

The sky is lowering, dark and gray,

threatening, grim, and dour.

But Google’s voice is cheerful…

…says it’ll brighten with each hour.

Some people are like rainbows.

They shimmer with a vibrant hue.

Some people are like rainbows.

One of those people is you.

I’m sending Love to Sharon –

–busy teaching, though remote! –

always leading and adapting

to help children stay afloat.

I’m sending her Rich Blessings

for a Bright and Happy Day—

for a day of Vibrant Sunshine

filled with Joy along her way.

I’m burning a candle for Cheryl

for Blessings for her day

with Joy and Love and Wisdom

as guides along her way.

It’s been a year ago today

since I went out to lunch…

(with nieces and my daughter…

a delightful, charming bunch!)

The whole world hit the COVID wall.

Life hasn’t been the same at all.

It’s been a dismal year of loss…

a terrible price in human cost.

A hang glider

 swooped through

the sky last night,

looping circles above

the shore

from Mukilteo to

Howarth Park.

Then I saw him

no more.

Tomorrow I’ll follow a rainbow.

Tomorrow I’ll reach for the sky.

Tomorrow I’ll pick a fresh daffodil

and wave to a cloud passing by.

Tomorrow I’ll watch a bunny hop.

I’ll chase a butterfly.

Tomorrow the world will be sunny.

It will be here by and by.