Tuesday May 30 2017  I HOPE I LEAVE THE VERY LAST TIME…

 

I HOPE I LEAVE THE VERY LAST TIME…

Kathleen Martens

May 30, 2017

www.visionsofpoetry.com

 

All day long we’ve been around town

For business, searching, and shopping,

With appointments and many stops

The day kept us hopping!

 

Here and there and everywhere

We drove lots of miles,

On the freeways with lots of cars

Traveling fast down little aisles.

 

Perhaps I am just getting old

Or the population has grown too big!

Too many people going every which way,

So for me it was quite the jig. 

 

I don’t mind driving city streets

When I am on a far away trip.

I’d rather not have crowds so close

With so many cars shiny and hip.

 

I’d rather take slow country roads

To travel hither and yon.

It is so exasperating on city streets!

Back roads are much more calm.

 

And so I choose what time to leave,

As well as when to arrive home.

Now that there are so many people

Certain times I choose not to roam.

 

My heart longs for serenity and peace

And a view that feeds my soul.

 I need not look anywhere else

When I’ve already attained my goal.

 

Being home is my favorite place.

And I am content with where I am,

Right next door to some special dogs

And Michael, Karen, and Sam!

 

But the future looms ahead,

What awaits us none of us know.

I prefer to live where I reside

Until it is my time to go.

 

The day will come; I’ll be no more,

And for better or for worse

I hope I leave the very last time

Carried out of my home feet first.

 

And in that hour mourn not for me

For we each have an expiration date.

And if you plan on going to heaven

I’ll greet you at the pearly gate!

 

Thank You God for all the people You have created.

Thank You God for back roads.

Thank You that I live in this time and in this place.

Thank You for this day and for providing all our needs.

 

HAVE A GREAT DAY WHATEVER ROAD YOU TRAVEL!

GOD BLESS YOU!