Snow Melt

War Chest Tuesday: What Have I Lost?

The May 28, 2013 prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  is
What have you lost?

What have I lost? I've lost a lot of things and people during my life. Some I have mourned, others forgotten, and some I wish I could forget. Lose is a part of life and it comes at unexpected times. If I listed everything I remember I lost during my life then I would never finish this entry. The only reason I'm writing this entry right now is that I need a break from reviewing.

I can review a lot of items in one day, but I need to take a break every so often. I know when I need a break because I find myself losing the ability to focus on anything over 1,000 words. After I wrote that last sentence, I realized I forgot to pick up today's paper so I had to stop writing, go outside, and get the newspaper. I know I'm not losing my memory or at least I hope I'm not. For that past three or four days I haven't picked the paper up until after 8:00 AM; I seem to momentarily forget I take a daily newspaper.

What have I lost?
Not my sense of direction
because I never had on.

What have I lost?
Not my sense of humor
it's just gotten weirder.

What have I lost?
Not my sense of wonder
because every time
I hear bird sing
it takes my breath away.

Food for Thought: "Not all who wander are lost." - J. R. R. Tolkien