May  24,  2021

SPILT  MILK

 
Spilt a dime size drop of milk
on our kitchen table – never
would have noticed it – unless
if fell off my spoon as I was
moving some breakfast cereal
to my mouth. Never knew I
like the color of milk till I spilt it.

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

May  24,  2021

Thought for the Day

 

“Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.”

 

Judy Garland

 May 23, 2021

OUT  OF  PLACE

 

A piece of paper – a wrapper –
from someone’s lunch….  Maybe
from yesterday. It was the only
bit of anything - out of place -
in the museum courtyard on
a quiet May Sunday morning.
 
Nobody said everything has
to be perfect. Who said, "Nothing can
be out of place." Inside the museum
dust was floating around – looking
for the perfect place to land for the
moment. Cleaners come Monday.
 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 May  23,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“When you can’t change the direction of the wind – adjust your sails.”

 

H. Jackson Brown

May  22, 2021

Thought for the Day

 

“Minds are like parachutes.  They only function when they are open.” 

 

Sir James Dewar

May 22, 2021

 

GLUMP!

 

The sound of a drop of water
into a half-empty barrel: glump.
 
Interesting sound – so it didn’t
bother me at first as much as envy.
 
Talk about half-empty: my soul.
Too much what aging has siphoned.
 
Too much seeing what I’m missing.
Too much hearing empty glump.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 May  21,  2021

ROTATIONS

Down deep,
deep within,
inner emotions 
slowly spin,

forgets, regrets,
round and round,

back and forth,

up and down,

unconsciously,
while we live,
while we are
consciously doing
what we're doing:
work and the
everyday efforts -

the without realities - 

but there is always

these greater within

spins - the always - 

God and the eternal

everyday wonderful 

within - always - and

they will be forever.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021