Life, Wow

My books are available on Amazon, and I have a YouTube channel where I read my poetry.

What a crazy life�"

to be born,

to think,

to feel,

to love,

right here, right now.

And then twenty years ago,

scenes in my head,

soundtracks spinning,

smells and tastes alive again.

The tuna in the ocean,

and the tuna in the can.

Alive in both moments,

silent in both moments,

I lift the spoon,

taste salt and centuries of the sea,

as I sit here,

watching the snow melt.

The cup of bitter dark coffee

sitting on my maple desk

breathes the same strong notes

of dirt and earth

as coffee from thirty-five years ago,

sitting on my nightstand�"

Beethoven’s concerto in B-flat,

booming through the quiet room.

Maybe Rolling Stones,

the other cup,

the other me.

Whatever it is

that makes me me,

that makes us us,

must continue.

There’s too much life

to let it end at death.

Author's Note

If this poem spoke to you, there's a longer spoken-word reading with a jazz backdrop on my YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vxSb3oMjGoHQ

You can find my poetry books on Amazon Its Just a Hop, Skip, and Jump to the Madhouse, Seedy Town Blues, and more right here:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Thomas-W.-Case/author/B0CL2RKDGX

Thanks for reading, listening, and walking the miles with me.

Thomas W. Case

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

Thomas, I think we are all multi-personalities depending on with whom we find ourselves and how we slept last night! Even music...I know I love classic rock, but I also love listening to Frank Sinatra and Broadway tunes. Very good introspection here. Lydi***

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, Lydia. Much appreciated.

[red93]

I had a big coffee phase in my Working Life - indeed Royal Mail in the good old days was fuelled on Caffeine and Nicotine. These days I like my Caffeine chilled in Aldi's own Vive Cola. This is Great Work again Thomas. Exceptional ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend.

[Rosie E C…]

God, I like my coffee as well. ☕️

Insightful read, very inviting towards the reader.

I can sense a strong inner voice throughout this piece.

I like the second stanza the most, where it describes your sense of taste, smell and hearing heightens.

Usually, that happens during childhood when we are exposed to a different environment to normal.

A pleasure to read this, excited for more.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

[D. Mansfield]

As all this wisdom all this data has been collected and lived its a crime yo not shate some of it and poetry for me and maybe you too is the only way To listen

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you. Much appreciated.

[John the Baptist]

The mystery of time pervades this one. Are we the same person at different points in time? A lot of excellent imagery is employed to demonstrate that some things persist despite the attrition of the days. Coffee now is the same as it was 35 years ago. The last two lines are both powerful and encouraging.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend. I appreciate it.

[Vol]

I've said before that I always wondered what it would be like at my age, looking back at the swift disappearance of the last ten years, which always reminds me that I'll be lucky to get ten more, and if I do, they will be over tomorrow. I do not worry about it, but it is like an open window in my mind, breathing in and breathing out, always ruffling my hair, making me turn to look. Nice capture of something the young do not know is coming.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend.

[Soren]

Brilliant! I love this approach to the issue of life and death and the continuation beyond death the very use of something long gone. Such a wonderful subtle entry to this subject

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend. I appreciate it.

[Soren]

You are most welcome

[Pete]

i always enjoy how you blow up the mundane and elevate it to a new, higher significance of meaning. i could taste/smell the ocean and that cup of stale coffee. love the things you mention and how you present them. this is real life - unfiltered. your title - damn straight.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend. I appreciate it.

[Amy R]

Very very thought provoking poem. It made me reminisce to..
Its definitely y a crazy life, we came here with nothing, and ended up with so much teachings and so on.
Hence why we should enjoy it till the end, to much to just let it end at death, even though we go on after that to.

BEAUTIFUL POEM
~Amy

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, Amy. Much appreciated.

[Amy R]

You're welcome

[ETERNITY]

Thomas W. Case, That's what I adore about you. You have been close to skid row and you listen to Beethoven’s concerto in B-flat. (I have it on Youtube right now. Very much talent! I think I saw an oboe or two -wink)

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, I love classical.