Renewal, adaptability, transformation

Welcome Year of the Green Wood Snake

No illusion, no delusion

May wisdom and flexibility reign.

Source: chinadaily 2024-0109 - gold artifacts with snake and tiger motifs, unearthed from Xiazhan site in Baoji, Shaanxi province.

Don't Defy Age

 * Just Another Day *

10

Don’t Defy Age

Let age

Remind you

To eat heartily

To laugh fully

Roll, let it roll

Who still fears

which way the dice faces up?

Why Still This?

 * Just Another Day *

9

Why Still This?

At sixty

I thought 

I am thick

Unassailable

by frowns or sneers

Unruffled, unshaken

Say what may.

Be kind

You too will age one day.

Fact of Living

 * Just Another Day *

8

Fact of Living

The sun sets on us

but it also rises

The wind blows cold

but it also blows cool

We can choose to wear

black or white

or colour bright.

When I Look Out the Window

 * Just Another Day *

7

When I Look Out the Window

Everybody is on to somewhere

And I by the window

Everybody looks busy

And I by the window

I have just read for the last hour

I too have been somewhere

and everywhere.

The Sound of Siren

 * Just Another Day *

6

The Sound of Siren

I hate the sound of siren

Someone’s in the ambulance

Someone’s on the brink

But I should not hate

the din

Someone’s still has hope.

The Face is in the Bowl

 * Just Another Day *

5

The Face is in the Bowl

I dunk my head

into the bowl, almost,

for a full scoop

to emerge

with a toothless smile,

No matter,

Just put the face back.