A New Number

Oftentimes, the arrival of a birthday brings on new and profound thoughts. I guess I was just lucky to capture them here....

A New Number

 

I don’t really

feel any different

than I did yesterday


just the soft whisper


of a calendar page


turning in the night


assigning a strange new number


a new hat to wear


a different perspective


giving pause for thought


and reason to wonder


gratitude for surviving


big, brash and brazen choices


quickened by tender years


and eyes that chose to peek


around shifting corners


into sometimes blinding light


and often pitch black voids


always electing the option


of bright and passionate journeys


leading to an examined life

and
 a series of mindful lefts and rights


that have placed me on this rock


like so many times before


looking into the open maw


of the continental divide


and musing over the fact


that I don’t really 
feel any different


than I did yesterday

 

4/19/15

 

Reviews

[Miss Sharon]

As yes my friend, as Jacob mentioned, this is a post that all of us can identify with in one way or another. It is written and expressed very well and I like your style! I am especially taken with these lines...

big, brash and brazen choices

quickened by tender years

and eyes that chose to peek

around shifting corners

into sometimes blinding light

and often pitch black voids

I feel as though you've taken a page from my diary my dear. I love this one Rubie. ~Sharon

[Miss Sharon]

And by the way.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! ~Sharon

[rubie]

Many thanks!!

[andrew mitchell]

A write to ponder on, as our minds remain young and never falter apart from where did I put my keys! Its the physical slow ageing that stiffness here, that muscle you never knew you had and a feel of am I getting slower! lol I enjoyed this. Happy Birthday:)

[rubie]

Thank you for your kind words and the birthday wishes.

Both are much appreciated!

[Kelly Scheppers]

BRAVO!! I loved it more than broccoli, and I LOVE broccoli!

I wanted to follow my instinct, after reading your brilliant comment on Jacob's poem, about Hemingway. You spoke about smelling the pages of a book, feeling its spine and tracing its cover with your fingers. That alone was the most poetic of all comments I have ever read, and I told myself, I've got to check this person out! Well, I did, and I have...and I am one happy camper! You are wonderful, and I will take delight in indulging myself, more!

Oh, and happy birthday...nice meeting you, Rubie! ..did I mention I loved the poem?


My best,
Kelly

[rubie]

Thank you so much for your flattering words of praise! You are too kind....
And thank you for stopping by my page and for the birthday wishes as well.

[~]

Happy birthday!!! :D
The ones that are always young at heart and mind are the ones I always want to emulate and be like - a beautiful introspective poem rubie! :D

[rubie]

Many thanks for your kind review.
My father always had a cute quip: "Age is simply mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter" :)

[~]

Ohhh I really like this saying - feeling the same way while teaching a bunch of teens :D

[jacob erin-cilberto]

age is not really a number...that is the concrete level of things, but figuratively we move on as if the calendar never turned....not feeling any different, but knowing time moves on and some day will move on without us.
but we can enjoy it while we may...

you are on a roll my friend...we can all relate to this one...as poets finding their way along life's strewn path.
j.

[rubie]

yes, that's it precisely.

just a number, and once a year, a new one, and a new chance to re-evaluate and re-invent ourselves.

thank you for your kind words. as always, your feedback is always welcome and much appreciated.

[....................]

Another day older, another day wiser (more or less), and the continued contemplations of our place in the world... Should I be wishing you happy birthday here? But, I cannot help but wonder if we should be mindful that while we don't feel any different the second one number turns to the next on our calendars, have we not received another wonderful gift: another day to live! I love the way you paint this shifting of days and years in our lives and on our calendars. Well done!

[rubie]

How beautifully you have added depth and insight into my own musings.

Yes, I turn to a new page, a new number today. Thank you for your wishes....