The hard realities Of being alive Are tempered by The sublime joys Of being alive The both and Of human Existence Randy Roberts October 22, 2024

Survival is real How to do it In an ethical Manner and One that is In tune with The realities of Living creates Challenges that Must be addressed That’s the nature of Survival Randy Roberts October 22, 2024

You moved so Much easier Today I am so happy For you And yet I Dread the Reality that Our lives are So short So I keep Coming back To this moment Watching you Being happy And it is Enough Randy Roberts October 21, 2024

A fall disrupts my day New aches and pains I hope it does not disturb my sleep Randy Roberts April 29, 2025

Twice today I sat next to you as You excitedly talked With friends And neighbors about the Wonderful time you had with Family this last weekend I delight in seeing you recount The joys of time spent with Loved ones Randy Roberts May 9, 2025

A simple moment Holding your hand Watching the fishermen Standing on the low water dam As the water flowed strongly Creating standing waves The large white pelicans Floating nearby Some inverted then raising up Their heads thrown back And swallow unseen meals The blue egrets on the rocks In the shallows Looking Heads swiveling gaze anchored On unseen animals below the surface The steam rising from a stack at the refinery...

Trip to see My lovely parents And my sister Who’s birthday is Today! And my niece A call from My other sister And my son And text with My daughter Then coming Home to Her A stroll in the Park Watching a kid Feeding the fish Was charming Then the storms Rolled in The thunder So loud She jumped A couple times A good day Mostly defined By being engaged...

You’ve probably Heard me say “Getting old sucks But it beats the alternative” I’ve decided to change To a more open stance Getting old is An opportunity to See how flexible one is With the realities of aging In December of 23 I wrote a poem about aging That included this: Most of life is about getting better at things But how to get better at this? How to get better...

Tonight we resumed Our simple activity A short walk Watching the Horizon for The full moon It became a Simple joy Some years ago That we do With lunar Regularity Last month We had to Sit it out You were so Very sick I wondered Would we every get To do this again? So tonight was One of those returns To normal But a normal That is clear Eyed about...

Beautiful weather To sit outside Next to you And hold Your hand Randy Roberts October 18, 2024