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Losing the Bed — A Poem   Leave a comment

World Cup - Joy & Kenne_20100710_1504-2-72Joy and Kenne (July 2010) — Image by Fellow Drinker

Losing the Bed

Sometimes when my wife and I
make love, she loses feeling
in her legs. It surprised me
when it first happened, gave me
a false sense of confidence,
as if my skin against hers
was somehow the reason for
the dead weight, the twitching that
followed as she lay next to
me in the almost-dark. But
in truth, it’s a disease, her
heart’s inability to
pump blood throughout the body.

Last night I woke from a dream
in which the shadow of her
former self rose from the ash,
took me by the hand, walked me
down a long hallway toward
our past, only my feet were
the ones dragging on the floor
as my mind tripped over each
healthy memory of her,
how she used to play tennis
at the park, or pull the kids
in their little red wagon,
or push a grocery cart
down the aisles of the Wegmans.

Now when she is beside me
I am afraid, knowing what
she’s been forced to surrender,
how even the comfort of
our bed can’t make us feel safe,
can’t restore the world we knew,
can’t shield us from the sickness
we’ve become for even one
naked second of the day.

— Robert Fillman

 

Posted June 13, 2020 by kenneturner in Information, Photography, Poetry, Tucson Arizona

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Flashback, July 28, 2012   3 comments

White Mountain Road TripJoy and Kenne in the City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico, July 28, 2012

Let’s go

Let’s go, let’s go,
The road is waiting.

Let’s go, let’s go,
Time is wasting.

Let’s go, let’s go,
The heart is yearning.

Let’s go, let’s go,
The brain is questioning.

Should I, should I not
Should I be, should I act
Should I, should I
Being or doing?

Let’s go, let’s go,
The pipes are playing.

Let’s go, let’s go,
The light is dancing.

Let’s go, let’s go,
The child is calling.

Let’s go, let’s go,
The brain is questioning.

Should I, should I not
Should I be, should I act
Should I, should I
Being or doing?

Let’s go, let’s go,
Tomorrow is awakening.

Let’s go, let’s go,
The times are changing.

Let’s go, let’s go,
The wind is pushing.

Let’s go, let’s go,
The brain is questioning.

Should I, should I not
Should I be, should I act
Should I, should I
Being or doing?

Yes! Yes! Yes!
Let’s go, let’s go.

— kenne (December, 2005)

White Mountain Road TripCity of Rocks State Park, New Mexico — Panorama by kenne

 

Posted June 2, 2016 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Desert Landscape, Information, Life, Panorama, Poetry

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Anniversary   2 comments

Seven Fall 2011

Meditation — Image by kenne

ANNIVERSARY

Anniversary —

Life’s change for good and bad,

Facing each with love.

— kenne

 

Posted May 18, 2014 by kenneturner in Art, Family, Life, Philosophy, Photography, Poetry

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