Archive for October, 1980

1980-10-13

Monday, October 13th, 1980

I’m getting good at loving.
that means I’ve learned to walk around
the big mud holes
and have the attention span to remember
most of the journey has been a pleasure.

10-13-80

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1980-10-13

Monday, October 13th, 1980

I must have been happy these months
I’ve not picked up a pen to write
more than 2 or 3 times

Christopher has been born,
I’ve bought a condo in Capistrano,
I’m getting a computer of my own,
and I’m staying right physically
and Rose, … Rose has been Rose for me

A baby … now I know how to love a baby!!!
Baby smiles are simpler than trust
just as touching a baby
is more than being careful

I used to think babys were too simple
to be interesting
but I don’t think so anymore
and I don’t care why
Christopher, … just smile for me.

gallagher
10-13-80

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1980-10-20

Monday, October 20th, 1980

By their very nature
the things we do as we get older
tend to reduce our moment to moment awareness.
More responsibility means more concentration
for longer periods of time.

This, and the apparent ‘quickening’ of time’s passage,
both contribute and reinforce to accelerate us
into states of ever less awareness.
Habits replace awareness in all the day to day things
so that we can think about higher level things…
our jobs…those ever more absorbing maya traps.

As we age we plan, less and less, our attack on life
and we gradually slip more into mindless patterns.
Our reasons for acting become just memories and habits.

I suspect our very physiological aging causes much of this.
Habits feel more and more comfortable as youth’s
restless energies ebb.

10-20-80

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —