I Still Am

 

Although I cannot explain,

the Universe out there

is nothing less than

incomprehensibly amazing

to me.

I could never be a physicist

or mathematician, beyond

simple 2 plus 2 math,

numbers, symbols

and calculations are

far to complicated for me.

I never had what it takes

to play sports professionally.

Muscle mass, exercise and

nutritional training were

never part of my physical

and mental regime.

I do have what it takes

on occasion

to be susceptibly

prone to making

bad choices

and stupid mistakes.

I did, however, manage

somehow making it to

nearly 77-years old and

gray in this lifetime

of mine.

By the looks and sound

of it, at this place in time,

breathing in and out, it

is apparent I still am alive.

              -30-

Chris Hanch 1-23-2024

Something About Forever

 

I shall not miss TV,

it shall prattle on for

centuries without me.

This life of mine

without a car turned

out to be a refreshing

bliss for me.

My list of things

to do slipped into

the rear view mirror,

and before I knew it,

I realized I could

do without.

I sometimes think

about the forever

darkness of death

which awaits us all.

Most of us would

like to be remembered

occasionally when

we’re gone.

But while I’m still

alive I realize what

it’s like to be forgotten.

In death nothing

matters anymore.

Not even a dim

and distant light

will shine on what

may have been.

Even forever is

a meaningless

unformed word

in the darkness

never to be heard.

                 -30-

Chris Hanch 1-22-2024

Happenings Today

 

My thoughts brought me to

then took me away from you.

Contemplating and reasoning

was the thing of fulfillment

and failure, imagining such

things of human conditioning.

Rightly or wrongly, I had to

rise from one side of the bed

today. Choices, it is said, we

have choices to be made. I

say these things because I can.

There are word images spread

out before us we don’t under-

tand. How many “Qs” do you

suppose are contained in a can

alphabet soup?

How are we supposed to make

sense out of random happen-

ings on any given day? I never

expected to hyphenate happen-

ings twice in one day. None

the less, done is done, and the

show must go on.

By tomorrow these words

shall be used in a refrain

to explain something else.

               -30-

Chris Hanch 1-8-2024