North Rim of Grand Canyon, beyond the guardrail, 2008 motorcycle trip

All I Can

3/13/09

Making headway daily,

(if only to grow older)

always seems to bring expanse

some adding onto myself

hopefully that involves knowledge

calling it 'wisdom' would be cool

if only for personal refinement

supporting my own wild world view

when moving through new experiences

plumbing depths of heart

feeling joy, pain, gain, loss

to discover inherent strength

the resilience to try again

with greater understanding of life

able to finally laugh about it

each trespass and failed effort

especially when love was involved

those times I've come up short

thinking there were things missed

that more could have been done,

or at the very least, differently,

for results show me my 'work'

what still needs clear attention,

though not pretty to look at,

while reaping what I've sewn

doing all I can to make changes.