calibration on a day

the boy was with me for a stretch and he’s left for a place way out west and when I’ll be near him again I can not guess.

I haven’t written in a moment or more but I’ve thought of words in my mind to store.

thoughts of all that are new and old I realize now to exist I most remain stoically bold.

the measure of what matters most becomes an apparition of yesterday’s ghost.

I’ve added lives to mine to share because without a sound some vanish as if there’s not a care.

oh the judge of judgement knows what shall stay and what shall go.

once there was a man I held nothing above and a dog named Kermit who shared our love-

they had to go and leave me here with my scale so light I balanced on air.

to float away was easy then but instead I added weight to keep me penned in.

Meow-Meow was capricious in his stay but he too was slight and threatened to run away.

so to my rescue came…

Lily Bark, Kitty-Kitty, Kole Porter and soon AroarA-Bora and the weight of them keeps me sane.

and readers there’s one more bit to share; there is a man who is quite dear whose love I have so I do not fear.

some days are light; some days are not but I do what I can to survive and BELIEVE me reader this is quite a lot!