Leo Days

Leo Days
(A birthday poem)
Quizmo LaGrande

In my Leo days I prowled state to state,
Beach to beach,
Life to life.

Afraid of nothing.
I’d walk dogs without a leash,
Mountain goat trails and stones;

In my Leo days I roared.

Delivered in Virgo, three degrees,
Painfully shy and observant
Virgo youth, awkward, invisible.

Now, today, four times ten plus nine,
Pendulum dangling once again in virgin,
I’m quiet, contemplating the swing,
Measuring the details.

An uneventful day, today
As I had hoped, but time stops today.

Though no Tony Bennetts, or JTs sing the song,
No cakes or candles
Illuminate what I’ve become,
I will walk the dogs sans leashes
Peacefully anticipating one more year
With a fifty score
When perhaps I will purr and stretch

And roar again.