5 AM again

Since I was 10, I have been up at 5 AM

Started with the newspaper route

Developed into a seminary

Graduated to a postal career

Finally marriage with children

Seems to be my moment to reflect

Quite crucial to my sanity

Though others might say not successfully

Thentalk every morning to myself

I see no harm in that

No one is actually listening

And yet, though I have not put my hearing aids in

I believe I have something worthy to listen to

Today’s media, which is slightly just way too much

Leaves me questioning what actually is ‘reality’?

I was raised Catholic democrat

Finally realized that all parties needed to talk

But finally, I’m of the opinion that at the end of the day

Rabble rousing seems to be the name of the game

Spent many years with my dear friend, Julie

Try to navigate the tides of family life

Sometimes successfully other times struggling

But today this very morning, May 8 2026

We seem to be where we started

Scrapping for every idea to survive

Adjusting our lifestyle to be together

At 20 and 21 there was no endgame

At 76 and 75 we are in the final innings

Trying to maximize our time

Quiute late late to find out that maybe we didn’t eat right

Exercise, right, or make all the right choices

Probably now is the time to just enjoy

And yes we do include all of you!

Frankxcameron.com. 5/8/2026

Fiat!

There  is a turning point for most of us

A moment when after great thought and effort

It becomes clear that no effort or thought will change  as a result of our efforts

Personally  I have tried for many years to develop a plan or a method so that others would see solutions to issues they might have

Without realizing it allowed  me to be a leader or rejected or included in life’s choices for myself, and occasionally, for others

But like stalagmite dripping, endlessly, freezing membranes into brittle arthritis

Time’s progression  has been a blessing for me as it reveals the secrets of aging

It has taken its toll on my quick solutions or suggestions

Slowly, so slowly, my quick wit and feet have left me

More  time has meant  meditating, and reflecting

Quite clearly now I can see others much like myself

Always  kind of understood old guys sitting around a McDonald’s breakfast table

Chatting about what they found interesting that day

Or commenting on what others might be thinking

This is my life now!

No longer can I jump in and be the solution

More often, individuals are opening the door for me

Offering to hold my arm to prevent a fall

I don’t actually wanna see a mirror or a video of myself walking

I’m OK with my walking. I’m OK that I am walking. I’m glad that I am walking

I have a lot more people prompting me, directing me in case I can’t remember

The 10th time they’ve told me how to do something or how to get somewhere

Pretty  much I’m starting to  believe that at some point I will just fade away

As I don’t really quite understand how much I have faded away

Nonetheless

Truly now I am just so happy to be with you,yes I am taking to you!

And  finally now I am able to say that this is my new reality

Thus the Latin phrase “Fiat” “Let It Be”

 

Frankxcameron.com 04/05/26