May 31.24 (two today): Coping, but barely

June 1, 2024 by Oddment 21 Comments

Up

 

Up is a good place

though you can’t always see it;

still it’s undeniable

that you can often be it.

Up is somewhere better;

how ever up you are,

there’s always somewhere upper

than the place in which you are.

Speaking for myself,

I’d like an elevator;

a simple push of button,

and sooner rather than later.

Up could be so reachable

if I could hitch a ride,

I wouldn’t be wheezing and gasping,

and clutching the stitch in my side.

But the lesson I have learned

from that old taskmaster Time:

if you want to get to Up,

you’re going to have to climb.

 

 

With thanks to Dan Antion for the photo

and for hosting the

Thursday Doors Writing Challenge.

My muse and I have had a great time;

we’re indebted to the door donors and to you, Dan!