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
Tomorrows task Is hard And fraught With risks You talk with Me about The pros And cons There is no Easy answer You bravely Decide and Prepare to Face the task I get to be A part of how You choose To live This Life Lucky me Randy Roberts October 23, 2024
The kindness of Friends The joy of family A good way To experience a Day Randy Roberts January 3, 2025
Bad dreams Bad sleep Struggles to quiet The noisy mind Randy Roberts March 17, 2025
Remember that you don’t know You can act with the best of intention and those actions can be rewarded or not Setting intention and acting are important regardless of the outcome Do what you feel and know to be right There are no guarantees There is only this moment to engage in life Act in accordance with your kind intentions And simply see what happens Randy Roberts Nov 7, 2021
I enjoyed Watching the Horizon at Sunset Hoping to see A comet That was hidden By the clouds Chatting with You Enjoying the Moment The simple Joy of Existing in The same time And place as You Randy Roberts October 9, 2024
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...