Act V

[sasha]

 
my scuba days are behind me
it's unlikely I'll ever climb Monadnock again
I've danced and wooed
loved and lost
had my moments of glory
and despair...
but I'll be arsed
if I'm going to mourn what was and regret what wasn't...

I haven't forgotten the thrills of childhood discovery -
how the sun always rose over here & set over there -
how frogs were hard to catch
but fat-bellied toads were easy
and always peed in your hand when you did -
how the winter night sky sparkled
even brighter than the summer's...

there's always another book to read
another composer to check out
another poem to write, another photo to shoot
another sunrise to celebrate -
so much to see, so much to learn
too much for only one lifetime...
so I choose to be like the children
to feel the magic
to delight in the unexpected
and to see what lies around the next bend