April 11,  2021

RUINS

 
Abandoned buildings,
roofless churches,
stones on top of stone,
ruins on top of ruins,
destruction on both sides
of the road, remains
everywhere, but deeper,
wider, worse, what all
this has done to the
insides of people,
the future plans that
were destroyed in the meanwhile

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 

 April  12,  2021

Thought for the Day

“He who does not hope to win has already lost.”

 

                                                                                 Jose Joaquin Olmedo

April  11,  2021

  

Thought  for  Today

“If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.” 

Katharine Hepburn  

 April  10,  2021

 

STEPS

 

Up into a bus,
down from this porch,
up from the street,
down into the cellar,
up to the second floor,
one more step
up into the house –
motion up or down
or around – any where
but stuck where  I am
right now. Okay. Move it.

 

April 10,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

 “I’m not OK;  you’re not OK – and that’s OK.”

 

William Shane Coffin

 April  9,  2021

 

OARS  IN THE WATER

BUTT IN THE BOAT

Needing muscle,
needing a plan,
or a map,
needing a hope,
a want to,
needing effort,
a boat,
needing to let go –
anyway, some way,
to get beyond this.
 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 

 April  9,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“If there is no wind, row.”

"Si ventus non est,  remiga."

 

Latin proverb