This is how it always ends

somewhere (and always) between HELLO & GOODBYE we are in LOVE . . . this happens over & over ////////////// the love disolves sometime during a long period between hi & bye /////////// it always does & i don’t know why (Jim Wortham, January 1, 2023)

Am I Happy, Unhappy or Feeling Numb?

these days it’s difficult to put an emotion on my feelings my health has taken a turn doctors don’t have answers my food is my friend — like sardines (I cut the tails off before eating) i select different types of crackers making sardines tastier / / / Mornings — two cups of coffee with

Time . . . you are rushing me — TOO FAST!

years pass i can’t stop them i look up the ages when my friends passed i’m not there yet but time won’t stop i beg time to slow down but it only rushes some reason i think i won’t be here for long /// after contracting the covid virus long term covid set in i

Depression is knocking on my door for a place to live

it’s december cold depression keeps knocking saying “your parents are dead your brother is dead friends are dying — let me be your friend now” depression tells me “get ready for your time of departure it could be anytime” i try not to let depression come in but this year is different depression keeps knocking

I did not know you wanted to date me

if I had known i would have called & we would enjoy laughter, kisses and days filled with fun i never knew you thought of me i thought your beauty was for other guys like sports players guys with fancy cars i had low self esteem still do i wish i had known you sometimes

Autumn is gone– life is almost complete

It’s time i move on my colors have fallen like the leaves long term covid had stripped me i have stopped eating can’t sleep no energy doctors don’t know any answers /// i lose weight i sleep late and of course don’t care about about politics it never matters– the promises are broken ################### the

Thanks for the dance

i went to dances in high school i danced with anyone who said “yes” i went to local schools (girls at other schools did not know how shy i was during that time) then college happened — i never found the perfect partner then after college i visited dance clubs & country clubs with dance

covid, cobra or viper

my friend could not pronounce covid she called it cobra when covid started mutating she called the next virus viper she could remember shakes i wonder if the next mutation will be called rattle snake/ i’m just wondering nothing wrong with guessing what’s next (Jim Wortham, September 21, 2022)

Let me try . . . to make you feel good!

I’m at an age where I’ve gone through so much (that is not all good) so many people have disappointed me i don’t blame them they are human aren’t they? and humans are this way– they make mistakes, some are greedy some are out only for themselves they just don’t know — as years pass

Will you be my forever friend?

i must share how it was i gave my time to anyone who wanted it anyone who wanted to be my friend–yes! i wanted many friends when i was young in my teens and twenties (and later) years and years and years passed and most of my friends are gone (maybe they really did not