366 Words for 366 Days

To come to the end is not over

It just begins a new beginning

Laying in clover

Covered in the fine dust of

Living extra robust and

Breathing in the air of life

Filling the lungs full to

Capacity – the sagacity of

All of this is just starting to

Make an impression in the

Wet cement of my mind whilst

It dries out and creates a cast of

A memory derived and thriving

On that which can be anything

Conceived in or out of bed in

Your head – mind’s eye – seen

For what it is or was or what it

Can be – however – whomever –

Wherever as long as it develops

Blooms into the taxonomy of

Living large and in charge

Barging ahead as others gather

Theirs’ in a quest for quieting the

Sleeping giants within who have

Been sedated to deal and not keel

Over the hull of this vessel set

Sail in utero and birthed through

Various themes, devices, ideas and

Words, words, words – so good, so

Free from the guilt that surrounds the

Count down to “victory”… hasn’t the

Victory already come in the form of a

Quiet – so quiet no one even knew –

That this was it… “finishing is

Better than starting,” as long as there

Is a method to this madness – which

Witchy broom sweeps this up into a

Fresh frenzy of ideas translated into a

Multitude of numbers accounted for

At each and every line whether breathed

Or not – even if he so much as tries to

Figure it out or average it up –

Statistically speaking, how could I

Possibly lose to numbers that stare me,

All of us, in the face until we reach our,

My quota… even as my eyes begin to

Cross and I can barely keep my

Eyelids peeled like the frozen grapes

They resemble – I must ride this

Trusty steed to the finish line no matter

How long it takes to make it there –

When I do cross the line you and I will

Both know that it took each of these

366 words to get my point across

Even if it’s crazy - I find nothing lazy

To fault me for trying to accomplish

this GOAL!!!