Testing

Surprised to find no helmet law in Wisconsin, so I rented a Harley.

Testing

3/6/10

These times are challenging

whether from outside circumstances

plucking on emotional chords,

or likewise, inner questioning

about what's really important

while living the years

between birth and death,

certainly there's enough practice

as I grow older

disregarding truth of youth

filled with invulnerable promise,

it's black, white understandings,

for gray shaded complexities

where rebellion changed shape,

became softened by blows

that cracked hard certainty,

allowing for compassionate light

to reveal shadow work

hiding for so long

from myself and others,

thinking it was complete

after previous exploration efforts,

granted there are differences

with new dynamics effecting

because of experiential accumulation,

hopefully viewed as wisdom,

though in the end

little can be anticipated

when testing brings surprise.