The Facts of Now

A trip postponed

the cellphone's battery

needs charging

Another freedom lost

saxophone from the radio

bubbling from the fish tanks

warmer weather heats this home

the budget for next month

develops beneath a light

reflections of closed curtains

in a seven inch screen

as I type to the computer

This is not a time to meditate

only to just be here

Patience is rewarded with thought

that I wish weren't here

Worries about money

then I'm not here

I'm faraway in another eon

Are there a few more bars

on the battery mark

I don't get that many calls

using one fifteenth

of the phone's allotment

The older I get the less of everything

gets used due to reasons

beyond my control

My love was the first to go

since there's no one to love

with me close

no one to care for

My dreams are full of places

I cannot go

I move with youth in them

rather than the heaviness

I have

These are the facts of now

Looking out from the cave

is not the same

as looking at the shadows

on the wall

Barry G. Wick