Randy's Poetry Collection

Welcome to this collection of my poetry. I regularly post poems here. Please explore, enjoy and consider supporting my work.

Exhausted and Elated

The testing Went well Today Another tool In your Exceptional limited Medicinal arsenal Another tool We hope to never Need I see you Walk this Tightrope Not knowing if This action will Be helpful Or harmful And making the Choice to try Because to not Is to accept a Very hard reality I also see My response Being a supporter Engaged in the Discussion Providing needed Help And accepting Your decisions...

Remember to try

There are so many Hard edges Remember to try To be soft Randy Roberts February 11, 2025

Joy

I sit on the porch Watching her move inside She grabs this and that She looks out through The window at me and Smiles I feel so much Joy Randy Roberts March 9, 2025

Now

Now a beautiful moment gone this one is beautiful too Randy Roberts Feb 2, 2019

Spring is here

The little yellow flowers Are spread all over The thin long green branches Of this profusely thick tangle The air is cold The wind is hard And yet the evidence shows Spring is here Randy Roberts March 8, 2025

Expansion of care

Another doctor I was excited to Hear them Speak about this Odd condition That is a big part Of your everyday Reality Speaking with some Humility This doctor knows That the profession Do not know Much But that caution is Needed to provide Care More challenges Await Yet the care team Expanded today A small Win Randy Roberts October 8, 2024

Gosh, I love you

Her head hits the pillow I tuck her in I bend over and kiss her And gently tell her Gosh I love you She giggles And whispers back Gosh I love you too Randy Roberts March 15, 2025

Rock by the front door

The rock By the front door So big It was hard to move But worth moving To see her smile She likes rocks Randy Roberts February 18, 2019

Ageing

I remember that I am of the nature to grow old I can not avoid ageing But that knowing is very different From the experience of aging Moving, causing that pain in the knee Feeling that pain with every step Feeling the tightness in the hip Because of the change in my gait Feeling that soreness that has developed in the low back Because of the change in my gait...

Hardest Lesson

The hardest lesson has been that life is hard That’s only a problem when wanting it to be different than it is But once it is clear that life is hard Once it is accepted The clarity of the joys The spaces of peace The moments of release of how it should be Fleeting experiences of peace and tranquility In the midst of all that is The lesson will continue...