LEISURE IS REFLECTION TIME

I like to sit

And dream of what will happen

And what has happened

To think futuristically

Wondering

What will present

Around the next bend

And further

Along Tomorrow’s Road.

But

As an old man

I have a need to reflect

Upon the history of my life

From the 1940’s

The beginning of my earthly journey

To this year of 2024

Seven decades later,

There is much to reflect upon,

To remember

Reflect upon

Recall.

The frenetic years of work,

And all that has gone before.

My past is long

And confirmed

My present

Is in the sunset years of my life.

My past is confirmed

My present is ‘now’,

My future unknown.

There is much to contemplate.

In this reflection period.

Diminishing by the day,

Until the sliprails are down.

Poor Old Henry soon to turn 79