Milwaukee's River Walk

Riverwalk
Trudging crumbling sidewalk, lower eastside

traveled excessively, alone with river

as elderly man passes and holds wife’s hand

a thought to ask, “how did they manage?”

their mysterious success eludes  

while a cold sun swims away for the afternoon

heading for the unknown.

A heart with a language of its own

foreign to all who try

countless life blessings but

a thought to ask, “is this my calling?”

again, that mysterious sensation eludes

with just inches of time in walking shoes

and no particular place to go.

To amble along water and wonder  

if you’re too old to wonder

a thought to ask, “is this all?”

while mysterious hours

rush downstream like river timber

you can still toss pebbles in

and carve out a piece of the world.