1984-08-11

Most of my life is easy…distractions
friends, peers, equals, sounding boards
those I’m defining myself with
and against.

But it gets harder when we press against
those unlike us in years or spirit;
our teenagers and preschoolers
and those we have to work with.

And yet how much of my energy do I spend
on the easy ground
and how sparsely do I meditate
on my sons and their growth.

gallagher
11 aug 84
san juan capistrano


— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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