365/365 - Enjoy

 

And so

that's the way it ends

The hollow clink

The empty bowl

Gone

Done 

Fin

But it was good

while it lasted

A moment shared

Time well spent

364/365 - Positive

 

Okay

January

Don't you think

it's quite enough

already?

You keep trying

but you can't beat me

Because I'll go outside

and I'll dance in the rain

You can thunder

you can lightening

you can do anything

but I'll just

shout into the wind

I'm not afraid

I don't care if I get wet

I'll jump in the puddles

anyway

and when I get home

I'll dry my shoes

on the heater

so tomorrow

I can be ready

to go back out

and play

363/365 - Insulation

 

In a meeting today

I heard someone say

Oh "F" word

It came out

so naturally

An exclamation

of frustration

and I couldn't help

but wonder

did she practice it

that way?

Did she think

well hey

I'm going to want

to swear someday

in front of my colleagues

but I couldn't possibly

upset their delicate

sensibilities

so I better make sure

I'm ready

for that inevitability

but instead of saying something

non-sensically

I'll just say the F-word

quite literally

362/365 - Most

There is indeed

too much

of a good thing

We've gone from

kicking up clouds of dust

to donning swimsuits

for our Sunday shopping

I mean I know it's needed

all this rain

But for the next

two weeks

we'll be the wettest

place on earth

and that's just

insane

 

361/365 - Mire

 

Well ain't that just

a metaphor

for how I feel today

The rain begins again

the wind is on the way

We're bogged down

in the muck and mire

that is January

With no break in sight

no sunshine

just varying shades of grey

But I'll keep on pedaling

through the puddles 

because I have to 

trust

that spring will come

someday

360/365 - Haughty

 

Why does BART

tiptoe through Berkeley

while in Oakland

it screams?

Those who have

more than enough

will just keep taking

'till they have everything

A million little injustices done

a million inches

in the great divide

until they need 

a freeway to cross it

right through your backyard

ten lanes wide

359/365 - Deter

 

Oh

so you want to maul

the chair

take your sharp

little claws

and stick them everywhere

dig them deep

into the fabric

and rip

and shred

and tear

And while you create

your masterpiece

your fuzzy buddy

will curl up and sleep

and shed all of 

his hair

which is why

every comfy seat

wears throw blanket

protective gear

358/365 - Shudder

 

What is this

strange light

so different

from last night

when the winds howled

and the trees did

shudder and shake

but now

it's my shoulders

that quake

as I shed the damp chill

that's been draped

over my goose pimpled skin

and begin

to thaw

in the thralls of Ra

until the next

wave or rain

moves in

357/365 - Forgotten

 

Christmas is done

but somewhere in this house

there's still a celebration going on

I try and catch it

out the corner of my eye

a glimpse of tinsel

glittering

as I walk by

or some red and green

peeking

from a forgotten corner

Though I did try

to put it all away

there's always something

that escapes

and suddenly

months later

it's Christmas in July

356/365 - Serendipity

 

It's a good thing

we got a cat

and a mischievous one

at that

He takes it upon himself

to see

the dishes are

washed up promptly

But don't think the cat's

the only one with a job

because it turns out

we're also lucky to have a dog

who takes his responsibility

quite seriously

to keep our floors

food scrap free

So as you can see

pets are awesome

they do the things you didn't

even know

you needed done

355/365 - Convince

 

Day two

and I already

don't want to

but I did anyway

Despite the rain

(and even though

I procrastinated

all day)

And I'll be at it

again

tomorrow

whether the sky's blue

or grey

354/365 - Handsel

 

What better luck

to start the year

then to face

and conquer your fear

Okay, the word conquer

might be wrong

more put it in it's place

where it belongs

From zero feet

at the Bay

to 190

mingling

with the sun's rays

and only 7,000 steps

to get there

7,000 steps

into my fear

My gift to myself

to start the year