Monday, August 15, 2005

Things that go bump in the night (and the day)

The Voyage Through Time and Space

in a fog, dazed and refused, reaching for another brass ring,

whirling on a roller coaster of thrills and disasters, up once,

down again, reeling from the impacts and consequences, doing

what needs to be done, what has to be done, blindly grasping

for a solution that tantalizes in the mist, partly seen, mostly

guessed at, always one step out of reach, slippery and hard

to get a grip on, as the wheels spin merrily around and round

every corner a new danger, a fresh adventure, another chance

to slip on the proverbial banana peel, stumble onto a great idea

fall in or out of love, find the answers or lose your way, each

an option, a choice, a possibility, until time finally runs out

and you ware washed up on a foreign shore, to start all over

again, a new day, a new way and another chance to do it right.

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow.  Thought provoking.  I love it.  C.  http://journals.aol.com/gdireneoe/thedailies

Anonymous said...

Thanks Bruce I needed to hear that...instead of considering my life over and literally washed up...I need to see I am really just in another place and maybe it feels like foreign soil but it might be the first day of a brand new life and maybe I will get it right this time...I hope and I pray I do...that banana peal was getting very old! cmp

Anonymous said...

Very nice! ~ Lori

Anonymous said...

As always your entries are worth the wait. Love it!!!  Robin

Anonymous said...

Interesting as always Bruce. I love your prospective view of things.<<CARRIE>>

Anonymous said...

You know, if you had written this yesterday I would have thought

"That Bruce sure knows how to make "Mondays Suck!" sound eloquent."

:)

Chris
http://journals.aol.com/swibirun/Inanethoughtsandinsaneramblings
http://journals.aol.com/swibirun/MyJournalJarSaturdaySixetcanswer

Anonymous said...

I've missed your entries....Thank goodness for second chances, eh?

Anonymous said...

Interesting and very original. Glad to see you posted something new! Wondered where you have been.  Take care, Brandy

Anonymous said...

thats very good..

take care!

~jackie~
http://journals.aol.com/jackiebenice/blah/

Anonymous said...

Ahhhhh...Yes incredible....
Hope all is well...this is an icredible thought process Bruce!!
Love it!
Jodi

Anonymous said...

Just when my checks of your journal seemed fruitless, alas, here is a new entry!! Thank you so much for sharing your words........I'll be back for a re-read and absorbtion.
Rebecca

Anonymous said...

Every time I come here I leave with a yearning to be able to string the words and thoughts into lovely contemplation such as you can.  In other words, I'm just plain envious of your amazing talent.  You can take the human condition, whether pain or happiness, and create beauty for the mind to absorb.  Thank you, Pennie

Anonymous said...

Bruce, That was so awesome, I had to read it twice. Hope you're well.

Love & hugs

Lahoma

Anonymous said...

Sure makes you feel the possibility!

Anonymous said...

To me it sounds like a great adventure!   Good to see you back at your journal again!

Anonymous said...

Boy did you get that right!
It's been a while, Bruce. I'd forgotten what I was missing!
Maryanne

Anonymous said...

Stopped by looking for an update and just had to read this one again.

hugs and blessings

Lahoma

Anonymous said...

I so enjoy reading what you write. I enjoyed this entry so much I read it several times, focusing on each group of words as if it were a story.
Have a TERRIFIC day, my friend.
Barb- http://journals.aol.com/barbpinion/HEYLETSTALK

Anonymous said...

I was trying to see if you were posting or not. I never heard from you about your trip to New York..did you have a good time with the boys? I couldn't believe how much running you were going to be doing from city to city...hope you had a wonderful time...Sandi  http://journals.aol.com/sdoscher458/LifeIsFullOfSurprises

Anonymous said...

Bruce, where are you??? How was the NY trip??? Hope all is well in your corner of the world....Penny

Anonymous said...

i'm in awe, You write beautifully, i had forgotton what i was missing

Anonymous said...

Ditto.  As an afterthought, "No need to slap anyone."