" Me, Myself and I "

Everything I write
reflects
my outlook on life.
Memories of the past,
a glimpse of the present,
the maps of the future.
Like openning
a box a Cracker Jacks
to find a prize
and see what it is.
So much happens
by your doing nothing,
like gray hair and glasses.
Forrest Gumps mother
said it well.
"Life is like
a box of chocolates,
you never know what you are
going to get."
What we search for
is ourselves,
hidden like the seeds
we put in the compost
waiting to see what will surface.
Surprise, after surprise
of new growth
sprouting in our lives
as we search.
Never quite satisfied
because we know there is more
we have not yet discover.
We need to know
what is over
the next mountain.
We need to know
what will continue to fuel
the flames of our fire.