Rocking In The Sun

I just spent the afternoon sitting on my deck.

In the sun rocking in my chair.

Had the tunes on.

Rocked to the hits of yester year.

Suntan lotion on.

Spray bottle helping with the heat.

I listened and my armed rocked.

Closed my eyes and I was young.

Tunes from my college years.

From now and in between.

Just for a moment I forgot.

I got lost in the used to be.

I was me ... again.

I had a grand time.

Who said someone can't

have fun if one leg doesn't work.

I am by myself today.

No one to tell me not to do this or that.

Or to behave.

Just me and the Purr and Fur Gang.

Damn it felt good to be me.

I still remember how.

I just got lost in valley of pain.

The old town ville that looks me in the mirror.

The wrinkles that remind me of what was and is.

Today, though, I found that girl.

The one that was young and loved and wanted so much.

I'm sure you all know her.

She's hidden within you.

I can just imagine the party we all

could have had on my deck

rocking in the sun.

~ JC ~

I Have Them Now

There was a time when going

 on vacation was so much fun.

The thrill of the new.

The sun in our faces.

Resting together.

When the times got older,

 it wasn't.

The edge in his voice.

The look of my face.

Screaming and yelling were the norm.

And for a moment,

I would think.

Looking out those tall windows.

At the people walking around.

What if I left ?

Walked out the door.

Who would know ?

Two kids at the table.

So I turned back and left those thoughts.

Going back into my world.

When we left,

I took those two small

salt and pepper shakers.

To this day, I have them.

Sitting on my cabinet.

In my small way,

 they remind me of that day.

Those weeks. That time.

Shiny but small.

Cute as can be.

To me, they mean my freedom.

~ JC ~

(this time it is an almost true story.

 on a vacation we stopped in Vegas.

as my kids were yelling

and my world seemed totally unglued,

i did look out those windows.

 i took those two small salt and peppers with me.

 i have them now. )

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