late do the calendar pages
come quietly
peaceful in season
of soft shortened sun
that abbreviates days
time enough to look back
from this slower paced place
on the life of a year
on the noise of its speed
time enough to reflect
upon choices and judgments
behaviors and accidents
all of which led from
the bedlam to here
late do the calendar pages
come provident
safely removed from
the perilous paths
of that journey through
frenzied existence
now given its respite
its final arrangement of solace
the culminant chapter of time
colors fading to gray
all the senses less busy
no longer in want of excitement
content with their imminent
turn for the end
a beautiful write of the passing of time and life itself…love the art work, too
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thank you dearly
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you are kindly welcome, Paul
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Beautiful, the end is not written in stone!
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thanks kindly
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i always must thank you, i dream of arranging those english words as you do!
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Amen.
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appreciate the nod
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“noise of its speed” A perfect blend of two aspects of our everyday life that are too much with us–even in retirement!
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I’m so glad you picked up on that
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Living in the Already and the Not Yet is an enormous challenge . . . You do it well . . .
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thanks kindly – but the options are limited
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Sad. Thanks.
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not so sad when one has made peace with the end
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Some of us have come closer to the Real bedlam…it IS sad.
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understood
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Remnants–all of us. Bits and pieces still beautiful; some thankfully disappeared.
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so nicely expressed
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Top of your game…layers and layers of thought provoking words/phrases…up there with my favourites of yours is this one
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that means a lot to me, my friend
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well done!
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much appreciated
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Beautifully written.
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much appreciated, celestine
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Wonderful flow of time from a positive point of view. Simply beautiful.
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greatly appreciated
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So beautiful
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thanks kindly
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