September 13, 2023

Reflection

WHAT I DON’T HAVE?

 

What I don’t have is so much.

No problem, You do too.

Look around. Think about it.

The softer chair with the softer bottom ….

I rarely get that chair. Also

the more burnt end cut of the meat loaf -

love that - but never get it.

In my childhood I was never the fastest

or the smartest or having the best bike. 

But I did have a lot of fun:

going to Coney Island

for the Cyclone roller coaster about

ten times in the summer - as well

as the water at Bay 18 with our family

and our neighbors. Learned to body surf.

So I never had it all. I wasn’t God.

And God knows God can’t have it all.

Sorry God. But just continue just being You.

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 September 13, 2023

Quote for Today

“A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.” 

Lana Turner (1920-)

 September 12, 2023

Reflection

SITTING THERE

 

Drove by two cemeteries

on my way home this afternoon.

Hard stone reminders sitting there

in the shaking green grass.

Came across a memorial card

this evening in a book

I never finished – it too giving

me pause – death is in the wing.

Hold it.

Hold still.

There better be a morning

after these hard rock and paper

warnings – that there are term limits.

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 

 September 12, 2023

Quote for Today

"Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Don't drink and derive."

 September 11, 2023

Reflection

THE  MOTH

 

A tan moth is flying by

as I’m sitting here on the screened porch.

Is that it?

Is he gone from my life

as fast as he just flew in?

Did he or she do what they

were supposed to do?

I don’t know.

And by the way is there something

I’m supposed to be doing

other than just sitting here -

thinking - on a screened in porch?

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 

 September 11, 2023

Quote for Today

“Only the mediocre are always at their best."

Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944

 September 10. 2023

Reflection

I'M NOT HERE

 

Across the street ….

Down the block ….

Yesterday ….

Tomorrow ….

Last year ….

An hour from now ….

But right now I’m not here ….

I’m always

somewhere else.

I’m missing the present –

so I’m missing the gift that  is not mine.

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello