Blog Hop

Aroma of coffee rises,
mingles with scent of vanilla
from candle that glows nearby.
Red robe light and feather soft
on my shoulders and neck.
I blog hop to read poetry online.

Treadmill

we will keep walking

the treadmill each day

work out, keep up, stay

at a good clip, sync

to our age.

we’ll get used to our

numbers a solid four

for an hour - then

incrementally we’ll see

we’ve slowed down

three feels like a four

our meter will show

less time, fewer miles

and when we get used

to the new us,

we’ll slow more and get

used to it, or rail against

the creeping barage of time.

Tell Me Why

I’d like to know what makes two people fall in love.
Of all the individuals you meet in your life, why that
one person (even if that one person is actually
the third or fourth one and only for you)? Some

people you flirt with, see great potential in, but most
of those affairs fizzle and die. There has to be some
instinct, some attraction that we haven’t discovered
yet, scientifically, that makes you feel as if that person
is the one being you want to spend your life with.
Tell me why two people fall in love for a lifetime.