ME-TO-ME
This is a very
private conversation…
So please don’t interrupt!
I am confiding in myself now,
And this stuff is highly classified.
If it got into the
wrong hands--
Like anyone else--
All the quirky thoughts
Pinging into me now
Might get out---
Somewhere!
That I am an
emotional person
Of many charming foibles
Is of course universally known.
How could I hide
All that adorableness.
(Actually, I tried once,
But I nearly fainted from the effort.)
What I want to
confide to myself
Today,
right now,
this very instant,
Is that I have lived an OK
Ordinary Life.
Fair intelligence,
passable Italian looks,
Good friends, nice husband,
Extraordinary children
(I could gush,
But I’ve restrained myself.)
And now, at strangely
80+ years--
I look around my mind and heart
And just have to say--
“WHAT’S NEXT?”
1 comment:
I cannot wait to see what the "next" looks like. I am thinking of coming into Chicago at some point for a few days. I want to see my friends. Don't know when though - if there is an optimal time in the fall, perhaps that would be nice. I saw Rita O/S for a day and really enjoyed her, wishing not to lose total touch, my friend. Your writings are madly wonderful!
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