difference

a perfectionist

is someone who is never satisfied

with their own efforts.

a complainer

is someone who is never satisfied

with the efforts of others.

5/5/1991

time then again

old bones

were not meant

to run long races,

neither do young hearts

beat slowly.

5/4/1991

river journeys

i floated down a river of memories,
its waters sometimes clear,
sometimes murky.
the current was swift and cold.

i passed by the place
where we met.
you were still there, still smiling.
your laughter mingled with the forest sounds
then was lost to time.

eventually i arrived at an uncharted bend
and went ashore to reflect wistfully
while planning my next journey.


5/4/1991

someone else

a song from long ago
touched me,
carried me back to another time.
in a moment, for a moment,
twenty years were gone.
the memories, though clear,
were no longer painful.
the loneliness melted and trickled off
to become someone else's tear.


5/4/1991