I contemplate. Everything. I don’t mean to; I just do. I notice my abundance and my scarcity. I think about my gifts and talents, and worry about my abyssal weaknesses. I ponder my joy and my sadness, my human connections and my loneliness. I try not to allow meditation to slip into obsession, or depression. And my observations are not just about me. I thrill at the beauties of nature. The world, and life, are simply filled with mystery and unfathomableness and beauty and suffering that beg to be studied, to be understood. So I contemplate. This poem contemplates a quiet evening alone.
AN EVENING
A fish fillet simmers
in basil and salted lemon juice.
The baked potato steams
with butter and sour cream gobs.
Three cobs of corn.
Absence of conversation.
Fingers fumble with chords,
picking awkward patterns.
Crooning “Blackbird.”
Absence of applause.
On the big bed,
looking at paintings
on the walls.
Rabbit Lane 
I love this. Wonderful.
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So glad you enjoyed it. There are endless such moments to contemplate. You do it so well through your photographs and short poems, which I always enjoy.
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Do you also contemplate your amazing strengths, Roger?😊
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One thing I don’t contemplate often is my strengths. My tendency has been to allow my weaknesses to overshadow my perceptions of self. I need to be fair to my whole self, don’t I? I’m trying to just be me.
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You are doing a good job of that…but don’t neglect your strengths, Roger, you are stronger than you think you are. It shows in your writing.
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Thanks for believing in me!
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