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Nine Sleeps
I whisper to myself
and then
the day of the op
on my eye
I hope for success
and afterwards
with due care
and aftercare
I can get
a special Compostela
" FIT TO FLY "
and my heart
will find my boots
and onward go
a-Camino.
Walk soft
stay safe
and as ever
Vaya
con...
KATHLEEN
Now
a named storm
but once
a song
my mother sang
when I was very small
and very ill
It is a song of exile
when the heart
is far
from its shore
and loud the waves
crash
as the gap widens
But my song
is
as ever
a bridge
between this now
and the days
of childhood...
Silly me ! I Thought that this would be an entire Camino of 25 Kms. As a rapidly deteriorating and disabled pilgie rapidly approaching 86 who thinks that 5km stages are just the job I was bitterly disappointed ! Ah well, Buen Camino to those who blithely toddle on !
Vaya con Dios
Samarkand
I will be 86 in July , God willing, and using a wheeled walker because of severe balance problem. I have been mulling over whether I could go a Camino with an all terrain walker! I like the idea of the recumbent and wish you well. I am currently awaiting an eye op on 16 April but will keep an...
IF IF IF! If my eye operation and other bits of me rally for a last charge, and if I can beg , borrow or steal, the money for an all terrain rollator, this is the picture I will have on my hat: AND I will be singing : " GONNA BE THERE, UP AND OVER ! " Watch this space!
SAMARKAND
Does anyone have thoughts on all terrain rollators? My " walking days " are over due to incurable balance problem, and I NEED TO FIND WAYS ROUND IT!
Would-be comedians kindly leave your witticisms elsewhere!
Samarkand.
YEARNING
I saw an adventure
in my soul
the touch of which
might make me
whole
until I walked
on Camino
and met
the Seamstress
who wove for me
a Robe
of Dreams
that I may wear
for ever
for ever
is in footsteps
imprinted
on The Way
but yet
remain unseen
to eye
but sparkle
in...
LEAP YEARS
29th February
an odd looking date
and four years till the next time!
I shall be 90
God willing
and I wonder what changes
I will have seen.
I do not dwell
on this
but let the child in me
remember
a small child holding
it's mother's hand
whilst wriggling it's toes
in...
GOING LEFT
" By the left
quick march "
These were the orders
of a yesteryear
Now
with an incurable
balance problem
left hand side
I fall badly
to the left
No more marching
or walking
my beloved Camino
but
where there is a will?
I have a rollator
around which
plots
are...
DATES TIMES NUMBERS AI
What need of man
to wind the clock
or change the battery
AI
is here
and of itself
has been super ceded
BI
is casting its dark net
to filter the sun
and allow only
IT'S
signals
to penetrate
and control
So what of living flesh
mind
spirit
and empty...
NOISES FROM A HOSPITAL BED
Staff
chattering
Fridge
humming
Rain outside
pattering
T.V
BUST
:)
Bloody great wall clock
silent
but ticking sotto voce
to my heart beat
I'm in the eye hospital
with a serious condition
a Tear in the right eye
and Bleb
both leaking
needing...
I'M STILL DANCING
This,
I said to myself
at 85
pushing my walker
along the pavement
on a cold
but clear
winter morning
dreaming
of a journey
yet to come
shipboard
in Alaskan waters
circled by bergs
and birds
and seals hauling out
and somewhere The Bear
watching me
as I felt...
I still have and use my OMM ruck! I didn't know they made clothing As my walking days are over what I have will probably see me out :) Its back to proper tweed jackets and cords as befitting my great age. The hip flask will also have to be recommissioned. It can be fun getting old except...
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