"SEMI-"

He said out of the blue,
“I was just thinking,
‘Semi’ is a good word
to describe me.

“I’m sort of just
here, but I’m
always sort of just
sitting there – in
some other room –
in some other place.

“I’m sort of always
playing in the semi-finals –
semi-retired – semi in church –
but fishing in other waters.

“Yep, that’s me, ‘Semi-’.
Good. I finally
figured myself out.”

Ooops!” he then said.
“I think I just sort of
contradicted myself.”

And I sort of have
been thinking about
what he said that day
for a while now,
while thinking about
some other things.

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2010