special day Poetic Asides

 A Special Day

 

Whether it be to go to Maine

to spend time with my daughter.

Or to Seattle to board a cruise ship

to cruise Alaska with three others.

Or to go to Hawaii to celebrate

graduating from college at 59.

Or to North Carolina to spend time

with fellow poemers.

Or to Florida to cruise the Caribbean

with a bunch of writers.

Or to Scotland to celebrate retirement.

Or to St. Augustine to spend

two weeks at the beach with Sis.

Or to Kenya to go on safari

to see elephants, giraffes, zebras.

Or to Peru to help in VBS

in the sweltering heat with missions.

Or to France with Sis to see the sites

in Paris, London, Wales, and Ireland

and think of Uncle Bill dying in WWII,

and to make wishes in Wales

and to visit my niece in Northern Ireland.

Or to Germany this July.

Or to Italy this September.

The day I board a plane

is always a special day.