January  9,  2021

PANDRINKIT

 
Been drinking too much
during this pandemic.
Maybe this drink – just
one more – will help drug
me – dull me – drowse me -
from the relentless angst

that is like an army of itchy

ants crawling inside of me
usually into the dark night.
 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 

 

January  9,  2021

 Thought for the Day

 “Whatever  you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.” 

 James Russell Lowell

January  8,  2021

SHORT  WORDS 

TO EXPERIENCE

 

sea, sky, bog, cat, fur, fox,
pig, pug, ape, bug, bat, dog,
ear, eye, lip, leg, arm, hip,
cap, key, ant, jar, jug, cup, box,
inn, God, ego, old, rag, gag,
rub, tea, pin, ice, hot, gem,
ink, fig,  odd, pay, pen, off.
 

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

January  8,  2021

 

 Thought for the Day

 

“Lord,  grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.”

 

Michelangelo

 January  7,  2021

PEOPLE  ARE  DIFFERENT

 

People listen differently.
 
Words mean different things for different people.
 
Repeating it – doesn’t mean people still don’t get it.
 
People don’t know what they don’t get.
 
People get thinking after a disaster.
 
Right now, sometimes means, “Oh no. Not now!”
 
People don’t know why I put this here.
 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 

January  7,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

“God is not yet finished with creation.”

 

Osho [1931-1990]

Come, Come, Yet Again Come

 January  6,  2021

January 6, 2021

 

EPIPHANY

 
It’s a new year!
 
Looking back on last year,
hopefully there was at least
one rich and enabling epiphany.
 
The Pandemic of 2020
had its messages and learnings:
the power or the poison of the invisible.
 
Or “There are moments we won’t forget
and surprises in the wings or at the back door
and “Who said we are really in control?”
 
It’s a new year!
 
If we were offered three gifts,
what would we choose 
besides gold, frankincense and myrrh.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021