ENTERING MACY'S

The last time I was at Macy’s

She was with me

in a wheel chair

now I’m ready to go there again

alone.

Or am I?

Maybe, if I avoid

Petite Women’s Clothing

especially the chair by the dressing room

Children’s Clothing

it’s OK to spoil them rotten

Cosmetics

Youth Dew Powder

Lingerie

need I say more?

Should have known

they’re having a clearance sale

on sweet memories.

I'll leave the way I came in

down the long hallway

where the restrooms are

I'll be safe

walking through there

sad

but safe.

John A. Bayerl, March 28, 2012

Yesterday, while I was at the Apple Store at the mall, getting help with unfreezing my i-Pod, I saw the entrance to Macy's Department Store, and all the sweet memories came flooding in.  I notice that I now call them sweet memories.

Lately I've been in a strangely suspended state of being.  Leaving something, heading for something new.  I told a friend about this, and added that it would be easier if I were younger.  Change is hard at any age.  Remember; we don't fear change, we fear loss.  Then there's that saying about the more things change the more they stay the same.  You've always loved paradoxes; tolerate the ambiguity.

This I know for sure,  Dear; the gift of love we shared never changes.