In a state of flux

by JLR

Where did all yesterdays go?
I swear, I truly do not know!
Just yesterday, I knew my neighbors
But now, people, nearly all, belabors
this and that, them, and they
While I scream HEY!

Is it I or me, or what, when, how?
Did that just happen? Wow!

I see everything changing with my good eye.
I want to ask the simple question why?
The wheels on my bicycle go round and round,
Or do they, when there is no permanence, I have found?

So, here I sit pondering a while.
Knowing all that surrounds me, as I smile,
is in a constant state of flux.
As I nod with acceptance, and say, "Shucks."

Dare I question or be in total agreement
with life's impermanence? Do I act boldly vehement?
Nay! Not I, me, him ...

I will continue to sit and let my thoughts wander.
What will all the tomorrows bring up yonder?
I suspect it will be more of the same
'cause change is all about the blame game.

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In a state of flux

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