Home But Not Ready To Retire For The Night
Summing Up My Day
Like a fast moving wind
You feel the chill
Even though you are not sure what is happening
You are prepared
Bundled up warm with gloves and a hat on
Seven inches of your face exposed
Your eye brows partly frozen
As your eyes are carefully hidden
Moving your feet
Making sure your toes are warm
Wiggling them often to reassure their safety
Many thoughts slide in full view
Since we have time to think
We are preoccupied by the weather
Usually we have so many other interests
Where the daily forecast is hardly mentioned
It has no more meaning than a picture on the wall
It looks nice
I am still going to operate in a very professional manner
It is really important that we keep out of harms way
If not then we have a whole series of new problems to deal with
That affect our time and energy
Today went smooth
No hang ups or prank phone calls
Just a day to complete
With gratitude and pride
Nobody else may notice
Look at the shingles on a roof
Nobody notices until one falls off
Then we have to act quickly and percisely
If we let time pass
We can have a major problem
If taken care right away
We can expect and look forward to years of protection
Then when the sun beats down all day
It's o.k.
When the rain comes down real hard
No problem
The snow piles and begins to drift
We know for the time being
Confident that things were done right
We have to wait and see
i can hear the loud wind whistling
As if to say
I am here
Where are you ?
It's that time of year again
Where we seek refuge inside our home
The lights go out
We soon forget
How this day measured up to other days
Like ducks in a row
Some might fall over
Most of them will be lined up perfectly
