Living the Aging Life

My candle burns for all the world.

My candle burns for me.

My candle burns so there’ll be light

for all the world to see.

It’s Daylight Savings Time again.

Remind me why we do it.

Remind me what it’s all about…

and why we still go through it.

I’m sending you a rainbow.

Butterflies.  A turtle dove.

I’m sending you a happy day.

I’m sending you my love.

What if we said:

We just won’t do it?

What if we said:

We won’t go through it?

What if we said:

That’s tough!  Goodbye!

What if we said:

We won’t comply?

Would the world collapse

outside our door?

Would stock price fall

right through the floor?

Or, would all cheer and shout:

No More!

…and together end

 this useless chore?

It’s almost time to change the clocks –

a useless exercise..

Of all the inane things we do

this takes the Booby Prize.

May your day be filled with sunbeams.

May your path stretch clear ahead.

May your night light up with moonbeams.

May comfort touch your bed.

Imagine a world…

where people were kind…

where decency was easy to find…

where politicians kept their word…

where quiet voices could be heard.

Imagine a world where people cared.

Imagine a world where people shared.

Imagine a world sans bombs and guns..

where people cherished their daughters and sone.

Imagine a world.

Let’s go for that.

The year?  It’s Twenty-twenty-three.

The months ahead?  A mystery.

But, crystal clear’s my wish for Thee:

a healthy, happy Twenty-Three!

The ozone layer is healing —

there’s a spot of hope in sight.

The nations worked together –

and something turned out right!

Somehow, I’d like to celebrate.

I’d like to dance a jig.

and shout it from the roof tops:

C’mon, World! This is BIG!

They say a swollen river of rain

has formed in the atmosphere.

It formed out in the ocean.

Plans to drop its rain right here.

They say that there’ll

be floods and slides

before the skies get clear.

They say to hunker down and wait.

It’s cold.

 It’s wet.

It’s drear.