Here's to Those Who...

Here’s to that which is and that which is

not. Here’s to those lines never written,

to all the places never been. Here’s to the

failed, to those games lost or never played.

Here’s to colleges never attended, to the

fractured and the broken never repaired.

Here’s to myriad awards never received,

to books never read.

Here’s to that new car or split-ranch home

never owned, to that vegetable garden never

grown. Here’s to mountains never climbed,

to uncrossed oceans and untraveled roads.

Here’s to the chance of a lifetime blown. It’s

about what is or is not, the never had nor ever

done. Sans a nom de guerre, guilty or not,

refusing to point the finger of blame or make

a braggadocios claim. This poem is dedicated

to the haves and have not. Here’s to those who

decry accepting shame or acclaim (a skunk or a

rose by any other name). You shall ever remain…

Anonymous