Odes from a Cluttered Mind
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IMAGINE
IMAGINE being the lone survivor
Of all those who joined you along for this ride
IMAGINE being alone and ignored by your children-
Those who are still alive
IMAGINE outliving your siblings and all of your friends
With no one left to make you smile
IMAGINE having no pone to tell your stories to
No one to sit and chat a while
IMAGINE no one to help prepare a meal
Then no one to share it with
IMAGINE no one to remind you of silly times
Or swap tales with while sharing a fifth
IMAGINE bubbling over with good news
And not a sole to tell it to
IMAGINE all your years stock piled with wisdom
And no one to pass it on to
IMAGINE there being no one to call
And no mail in your box but bills
IMAGINE filling your days with doctor appointments
And remembering to take your pills
IMAGINE reaching for your phone
Only to realize that no one is left to talk to
IMAGINE realizing that if you couldn’t get up
There’d be no one around to help you
IMAGINE days of not hearing the phone ring
And another’s voice only heard from the radio or TV
IMAGINE having to go to a store for human contact
And hoping to get back before you have to pee
IMAGINE living so far away from everyone
That no one can get to you
IMAGINE writing your will and having as heirs
Only those who care little for you
IMAGINE not hearing your own voice only because
There’s been no one to speak to all day
IMAGINE the temptation to join those who have left
And wishing you’d not have to stay
IMAGINE yearning to hear the voices of those passed
And thinking of how much you’ve cried
IMAGINE feeling trapped by time
And almost jealous of those who have died
IMAGINE feeling both blessed and cursed
Because you’ve managed to live so long
IMAGINE how it could be too much of a good thing
When everyone in your life is gone
Dedicated to all those who managed to live pass the age of ninety and those who desire to do so
SnniMiniPaw 6/15/10
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About the Book
Within is a collaboration of serious, spiritual, humorous, cute, thought-provoking selections that, because they have a tendency to rhyme, are classified as odes. Subject matter covers everything including friendship, love, romance, death, relationships, pets, and life. Most have a bit of a twist at the end—thanks to years of admiring Alfred Hitchcock and Rod Serling, and then because I’m a comic, I have to make you laugh or at least smile, and because I’m philosophical, I have to make you think.
About the Author
I’ve been writing since I was first forced from my mother’s body and left alone with paper and pencil. Never talked about or encouraged, it had to become my secret pleasure—”my thing” and kept to myself—until now, when I received a message from spirit, telling me that the time had come. Because I am now a light worker, a spiritualist, healer, and teacher of life-coping skills, this book is a way of sticking my toe in the water, before presenting my more serious work dealing with spiritual issues.