A GOOD DAY OF TRAVEL

it was a good day of travel

of talking with my brother

of listening

of telling stories

and making observations

the banter of siblings

the kidding, the prodding

the joy of sharing

and how we both

know there's enough

time and not, at the same time

we are going to get this right

one day, we say

this keeping in touch

this sharing, this making sure

the other is alright on the earth

and we sit in the stillness

and wait for NPR or R&B

but not the country music

blasting from the turn quick

channels--we don't pause 

long enough to know

the sad words that live

inside the sad notes

we are growing old on purpose

allowing the gray hairs

and the wisdom bought

with costly mistakes

we are the only ones

who see it today, but

we are the only ones

that matter in the end

© Valerie Bridgeman
June 6, 2013

DRAFT