Tuesday, September 22, 2009

September 22

road block, a barricade


By all that stands in our way
we try to overcome all the obstacle
We push and jostle,
to get through the door
standing in place we reconnoiter
are we where we want to be
is there still an impediment
can we see what draws us inward,
or is there no drawing
only a sence of resignation
dare no to lift our finger to follow the route
either we know or we don't
it is often better to be an observer
rather than one who participates

can it be that the drive is gone
no longer to have a sense of purpose
no sence of sense
no forward momentum
no one to push and reminder us
of what we are aiming for.
if there is no aim
that would be aimless
and if it continues then
it becomes aimlessness.

I need an icey wind to awaken
the feeling in my limbs.
when you don't feel
you don't have an edge
to guide you to do
what needs to be done
to gently stur, your sense of movement.
if you can't feel the movement
you must be standing still
in park. not in drive
no signal to announce
a change in course
staying the course is not change
but changlessness.
Even the rocks change
affected by outward forces
appearance can be altered.
so can lives for that matter.
Its not an obstacle only a barricade.
Go around and the way will be clear again.

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I have spent 35 years teaching in schools from New York to L.A.County. I have been a principal in New York and California. I tend to paint what I see, or at least what I think I see in my memories.