Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Send me on my way


If the Irish soda bread comes with caraway, buy two, one without
For you, and one with seeds, for me; once fortified, send me on my way

Juggling the email thread, should we gather or not, too many choices
That day, but others had options, that made the case to send me on my way

Trying to read while the rain pelted the house, relishing the sound 
of the heat rising thru the baseboards, the story sends me on my way

His voice is changing, not seeming to fully enunciate his words
But his blues beat is steady, ready to send me on my way

Good fitness is work, learning techniques for lifting, doing this
Or that exercise, getting me stronger to send me on my way

A subscriber wants less of the national issues, and it is not clear
Which of the issues caused the message to send me on my way

  II

March 14, or pi day, gets me to the kitchen for my annual baking 
exercise; 2 French meat pies & 2 pumpkin pies, sends me on my way

We had Shepherd Pie earlier in the week but for me, without a crust
that doesn't really count as pie, it's goodness did send me on my way

Audio, video, digital text, the information streams surround us, can
Overwhelm us, what do we pay attention to, to send me on my way

Coming to the intersection, watching the lights change, each direction has a
Turn, some use a different path to cross, then the light sends me on my way

A secret to life is keeping moving, with youth like energy, exploring
With eyes wide opening, rising each day with joy sends me on my way

Travel time is coming, an opportunity to see another area of our world
Other ways of living, anxious for the day to send me on my way 

So Sherlock what will happen with those left behind, will they realize 
there is a gap to be filled when the day comes to send me on my way