Mom's Future Retirement
Written November 08
When I think about retiring five years from now
My plans have changed but I will be fine somehow
Nothing that Kanda and I talked about is the same
Those plans today are more like a cold damp rain
What she and I had many times discussed
Now seems so long ago, I must confess
I can still hear her giggling about all my free time
She figured I could clean her house and then mine
She and I talked about how far off it seemed
But to be without her, how could I have dreamed
She had grown into a beautiful lady, my best friend
My future retirement without her, what a sin
I worked all the years as she grew up, for sure
Retirement would have given me time with my family and her
Hopefully I will be able to someday retire
A Flower Garden for my Angel, I will forever admire
She loved animals and the beauty of flowers
I know she believed April Showers brought May Flowers
Greatly changed is my future retirement now
but I guess if I make it, I will have to accept it somehow
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After writing the above poem in November of 08,
I was laid off from my job of 28 1/2 years December
8th, 2008.
So as the last 2 sentences of my poem read:
Greatly changed is my future retirement now
but I will make and have to accept it somehow
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