A Lunatic’s Decade in Review

A decade for the ages, as they say…

There was Hell and high water,

rebirth and beauty.

There was a book published-

one that I wish I could do over again.

There was retreat to,

and a near surrender from,

the cave

in which I jettisoned myself.

Procrastination and writer’s block

in spades, continuing

to this very day.

This was the decade

in which my eyes saw

the darkest basements

of hospitals and

the baggage they hand

you on your way out.

Those same eyes saw

the emergence of two miracles

into this world as well.

Stacks of books

Came across my desk

throughout the ‘teens.

I’ve broken bubbles.

I said goodbye to a dear friend;

taken out far too soon

from an illness she

never deserved.

But yet, in this same

time, I was

also privileged to hold

those of the strongest woman

in the cosmos,

as I married her and again, as we

became college graduates together.

This is the decade

that I found the capricious face

of the universe.

This last decennium

has been pain

and joy, love and fear,

triumph and defeat.

It has been chock-full

of time wasted.

It is now 2020.

My lord,

how did we get to this place?

It flows forth in a torrent

that I still cannot comprehend.

The next set is mine.

It is time to get action.

Be grateful,

you’re on borrowed

time.