Bury My Head in the Sand

 

is how I felt the day of the fall.

 

Having played the pandemic well by having

two knee replacements and cataract surgery.

None of which had to be done

but after all…I was mostly stuck at home

like everyone else with nowhere to go.

 

So why not get all of these out of the way

in time for Spring and hope for the pandemic to wane?

 

And swinging a six week trip from

WA State to LA in an isolated campervan

made me feel like I’d played it all right.

 

Until a huff and puff from the gods

blew down and sent me flying

through air and onto my hip.

 

Suddenly I was setting my alarm for the middle

of the night to take medications, slowly ambling around.

 

What is my lesson?

Who will I be?

But the biggest question that I really can’t answer…

Was I not being careful or was it just meant to be?