Friday, December 6, 2019

December 6, 2019

LEFT SHOULDER


Life -  at times - I wish this wasn’t true,
but too many times - it’s about reactions.
I say blue; you say purple.  I see the way
your eye sees the way I shrug my left
shoulder when you walk into a room –
but I say nothing – just judging from what 
I think you’re thinking - from what you said
and how you reacted 7 years ago - to what
I did just now. Hey my left shoulder has
picked up some arthritis at work or it's 
been raining and I feel in my bones
an old injury  from wrestling when I
was in high school so many years ago.
We could talk – but let’s be honest –
we rather react than actually ask.
We rather judge than speak to each
other. Why do we do that? Why?

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

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