Savor

Savor this instant-these words

Stacking firewood-watching the dog run

A lot of crappy poker hands

Sunset and red wine

I will savor the moments of my life

What incredible good fortune that 

I blundered into this project of

Learning to create my own experience

The great work that I can practice anywhere

In fact the more screwed up things are

The more possibilities for progress

Not that I need any reason to get things screwed up

It seems to be a natural skill I was born with

All is very well this morning

7/18/26 Make the Most Of it cc

                                                     

                                                        Make the

Most

Of it

Somehow I got this stent in time

To learn how to write and rhyme

Then the decades flew by

And I'm still wondering why

Now that I'm old

I'll soon leave the fold

I know I'll never know

How I got into this show

The only thing I can say for sure

I couldn't have asked for anything more

Make the

Most

Of it

7/17/26 Develop a Gleeful Indifference cc 9/20/18

Develop a

Gleeful

Indifference

The long view perspective is all that it takes

To keep us from making lots of foolish mistakes

For decades I tripped on the same stupid stuff

I finally realize that that enough was enough

As I get older life seems like a dream

An incomprehensible cosmic scheme

Be an outsider and enjoy this freak show

It's not going to last so get into the flow

Be happy and joyous sea life as joke

Let gleeful indifference be your magic cloak

Develop a

Gleeful

Indifference

7/3/26 Never enough time To do it right Always enough time To do it over 8/21/18 rcc

Never enough time

To do it right

Always enough time

To do it over

Rush, rush, rush get it done

Always fixing things on the run

Then 50 years pasted

Now it's easy for me to see

Exactly what was wrong with me

The half ass solution

Never time for real resolution 

Fix it quick it may last forever

Or just 15 minutes "whatever"

Now I'm old and take my time

And came up with this stupid rhyme

Never enough time

To do it right

Always enough time

To do it over

5/24/26 Gleeful hopelessness

 

                                           Gleeful hopelessness

I got into this situation 

With very little information. 

A lot of what I learned was useless 

Most things I tried came up fruitless

God, good luck or random chance 

Have turned my life into a joyful dance

                                            Gleeful hopelessness  

5/19/26 Doubt is unpleasant Certainty is absurd cc 912/18

 

Doubt is unpleasant

Certainty is absurd

The force of gravity is very reliable

Water gets level that's undeniable

Most of all we think and do

All the great plans that we pursue 

Are question marks in the book of time

Maybe worth a million or not even a dime 

I know for sure that I'm going to die

That's one certainty I can't deny

Until then I'll stay grateful

Kind and generous always playful

Doubt is unpleasant

Certainty is absurd

Steven West

6/11/26 Yesterday All over again cc /25/18

Yesterday

All over again

I swagger and stagger to my final reward

It was just yesterday they cut my umbilical cord

It happened so fast

I thought it would last

So what should I do with this day

Be kind and grateful as it fades away

Write some bullshit and eat healthy food

Exercise meditate be sure it's well chewed

There's nothing to get and no place to go

I'll be of good cheer and stay in the flow

Yesterday

All over again