Right as Rain

 

Right as rain some will claim.

Here and who I am today the

rain has given way to sunshine

and blue skies, another right

all the same.

The right for me approaching

seventy-seven years includes

persistent aches and pain with

advancing age.

As for the forecast tomorrow

be it sunshine or rain, a surety

for me, forecast what you will,

nothing shall remain the same.

                -30-

Chris Hanch 3-25-2024

All in Good Time

 

I was here

while I was

here.

I did what

I had done,

and did not do

what I had

not done.

I began

and shall end

that which I had

begun.

And when

my time comes

without fanfare

I shall be gone

sans money,

sans possessions,

sans status

and memory—

the footprints

behind me

melting

all in good time.

            -30-

Chris Hanch 2-13-2024

Something About Inevitability

 

Bad choices as well as good

got me here a month away from

my 77^th year.

Actions taken and none applied

have had their affects as well.

Can’t say exercise and healthy

choices made much difference,

although a few years may have

been shaved off me at the end.

Oh well, what the hell, can’t

change that which has passed.

Here today, gone tomorrow

the old saying goes. Whatever

is left for me inevitably shall

come to pass.

And should I survive 10 more hours,

I have meatloaf scheduled for dinner.

Beyond that, I have nothing planned.

To hell with healthy choices. Too late

for that. More vegans and exercise

fanatics have passed away before me.

Whatever awaits me at the end is

already in place.

I have enough food in the fridge to

last me several days more if necessary.

My son usually does grocery shopping

for me on Tuesday.

              -30-

Chris Hanch 3-1-2024

Something About the Periodic Table

 

Each day of our lives

how many of us in our

daily routines consider

the air which we breath,

the water we need to

sustain us?

Those two elements are

merely a fraction of the

118 basic elements from

which our entire uni-

verse is composed.

The discovery and estab-

lishment of The Periodic

Table of Elements is con-

sidered one of the most

important scientific revel-

ations and achievements

in the history of mankind.

There would be no life or

matter of any kind without

considering The Periodic

Table of Elements.

What’s more, in the nuclear

fusion of the stars and their

inevitable explosion, all the

necessary elements for life

are generated.

Think of it, But for mankind’s

discovery and awareness of

The Periodic Table of Elements,

the Cosmos would have no

voice. There would be no need

for 1, 2, 3...or A, B, C, no requi-

site for New York City, chocolate

ice cream, no want for the likes

of Taylor Swift, or you and me.

                 -30-

Chris Hanch 2-29-2024

The Story of You and Me

 

Nature or nurture,

why you, why me?

There are so many

questions

to which answers

are random

and unexplained.

One day

simply we are,

and in an

undetermined

span of

time, we are

no more.

And in the

meantime

because we are

cognitively

who we are

our story unfolds.

What were the

chances of that?

Voilà!

Incomprehensibility

amazing

wouldn’t you say?

Organically

and originally,

the substance

of stars came

into play.

Biologically and

categorically,

we are

a star-struck

mystery

so it seems.

           -30-

Chris Hanch 2-28-24

Present and Accounted For

 

My Facebook postings (pictures, artwork

and words) today have surely been on

display before. After more than 10-years

on this site it is difficult not to repeat

oneself.

Besides, some may have missed a

particular posting, another may have

selected a favorite from before. In any

case, I post regularly most every day,

similar to the sunrise, mostly seemingly

the same, only different somehow.

Take it as a sign that you and I are present

and accounted for yet another day. Good

morning, Sunshine. What’s on your mind

today? Me? Praise be, a little older, but

pretty much the same.

                -30-

Chris Hanch 2-26-2024

What It's Sometimes All About

 

Pictures and words,

people and places,

music, man, yours

and mine, stop and

go, a step to and fro,

a memory in review,

a gift from you to me,

from me to you.

What more can

we give, money can’t

buy. It’s all about love,

hatred and

indifference, my friend,

accept and deny,

refuse and comply,

the choices we make,

the chances we take,

hopes and dreams,

pitfalls and insecurities,

bridges and blockades.

That’s life,

what it’s

sometimes all about,

my friend,

with and without

a doubt,

together, on our

own alone,

you and I,

and then there’s

the other guy.

               -30-

Chris Hanch 2-25-2024