Alongside the Meduxnekeag


Alongside the Meduxnekeag is how I spend my time.
I could be a lot of different places
but I am here.
I could be doing a lot of different things
(but I have no interest)
I am here.

   alongside the Meduxnekeag

   living my life
   for no one else but myself
   and those who share this life
   who love it as I

It may not seem like I’m not doing much
idle days in the woods
but the birds and the brook trout
can see my point of view
that’s a little fuzzy
to some people around me
who wonder what I could be
doing all day
no cable or ESPN
available to catch the highlights
of my day that starts and finishes
much the same every day
and days on end
which is
just so.

The river flows by my life
day after day
in the woods
never the same
yet neither am I so it seems.

The sun and the rain
the wind and drifting snow
blow across the scenery of each day
of each moment
each thought
moving towards a new place in my life
of who knows where it’s going
except downstream
to empty into something larger
and farther away
yet connected to where I am right now

         alongside the Meduxnekeag...