Tuesday October 25 2016  NOW I REMEMBER

 

NOW I REMEMBER

Kathleen Martens

October 25, 2016

www.visionsofpoetry.com

 

 

I’m trying to remember

Why I retired.

I thought it was to rest

And get re-fired.

 

It seems my hours

Are just too full,

So many jobs

At me pull.

 

And here I sit

Glued to the screen,

Working on photography,

Ready to scream!

 

My eyes are sleepy

From my days of rest

Playing cards too late

At my own behest.

 

And my return home

To face all the faces

That look back from my screen

From all over the places.

 

Sorting and pondering

Which photo to choose,

So the story-line

I will not lose.

 

And then I must

Design a book

Of an incredible day

So memories will look…

 

…Back at the viewer,

With smiles captured,

As a treasured memory

For the ever after.

 

There are other things

I should be doing

Rather than sitting here,

Hundred of faces viewing.

 

But I made the commitment

And will see it through.

Then sell my equipment

So no more I can do.

 

Then remember once more

Why I actually retired

Was so I could fulfill

Some of my desires.

 

No more pictures,

No more books,

At no more faces

Will I need to look.

 

Except for those

For my family I’ll do

Because over the years

My own not in queue.

 

But NOW I REMEMBER

Why I retired!

I’ve so much to do

Before I expire!

 

GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS YOU!