as I have remarked several times before on this blog. Therefore, one must needs seek out balance in one’s life, which means not forcing things, going with the flow )chi), accepting one’s lot and limitations, and relaxing and enjoying life as it zooms by.
Zenith
(based on Monet’s “Terrace at Sainte-Adresse”)
I am just such a man
who sits alone on latticed chairs
of afternoon terraces
considering the bay.
I don’t much mind being
the only tourist here
who truly notes the bobbing
white boats in Newport Harbor.
Overhead, a blue sky
and breeze flap flags
that salute red flowers
hedging my forever moment.
Pairs. Today’s word.
A couple holding hands
their backs against the view.
Two sweeping gulls stitch
their betrothal from left to right.
Almost everything fits, I think.
Even my own absurd shadow.