BICYCLE  BUILT  FOR  TWO

 
As they made the bike,
the bicycle built for two,
the bike makers minds' were elsewhere.
They didn’t imagine the couple,
now grey, who would rode that bike
together for 46 years now.
They once told their kids
those Saturday and Sunday rides
kept them together all these years,
but their kids like the bike makers -

didn’t listen – or didn't imagine - 

but one day - one did - when their parents

hit 50 golden years riding through life together.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

May  10,  2021

Thought for the Day

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”

Milton Berle

May 9, 2021

 

LINES  ON  THE  ROAD 

Driving down the roads
I see all these lines on the road.
Right lane – left lane –
some right down the middle.
Then there are the off ramps and on ramps.
 
Walking down the street,
I see all these people on both sides of me.
When to stop, when to listen,
when to talk, when to move on.
I guess those lines are hard to see at times.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

May  9,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.”

 

Albert Ellis

 May 8,  2021

 STOPPED  LISTENING

 

Watching and listening to him,
I got the impression that everyone
stopped listening to him a long time ago –
so it was rather difficult to get to what he
was trying to get at. He pushed at his jaw.
He held it tight. His stuck his upper teeth
into his lower lip – as if he was afraid
to go on – and hand us the gist, or
at least the core of what he wanted to say.
I wanted to put my hand on his shoulder -
tell him to breathe – and ask him, “Is this
what happens to you every day of your life?

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

May  8,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 “Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object.” 

 

Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990)

 May  7,  2021

MY  FIRST  SHOT
AT A BILL OF  HUMAN  RIGHTS

 

To be acknowledged,
         recognized and listened to.
To be noticed,
         “I am here and I can be me.”
Please stop to understand me.
Please try to hear me,
          what I’m trying to say
          and what I want to do with my life.
I need daily bread.
I need second chances.
I need forgiveness.
I need a fair hearing.
I need time to get it.
I need payment for my services.
I hopefully will give you all these rights as well.
And please tell me,
          that you notice I’m here

          as well as all the other people on this planet.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021