316

Sometimes I will write
things that I decline to say
feels safer that way

311-315

Becoming decreased,
downturned, depreciated
diminished in strength

Polite refusal?
Trying to reject gently:
"Aw. I must decline."

The decline of love
of commitment and of will
peeks through the comfort

Poetry's decline
means the world is declining,
resisting, failing

I think many things
and decline from commenting
For the sake of peace

307-310

We're on the decline
Yet I hope we beat the odds
If just for G-d's sake

You think I declined
I think you never offered
And you think the same

Your decline has been
exagerated despite
your lucid wisdom

Rise up a level
or you will surely decline;
there' no standing still

306

When no means maybe
and a maybe means a yes
yes could mean trouble

305

Sweetness of heartbreak
compared to full forgetting,
trying to move on

295-304

To give strength and hope,

to ease grief and trouble of,
to comfort a friend

Moments of comfort
can also be challenging,
like moments of pain

You have to find your
comfort zone before you can
move outside of it.

The comforts of home
apply just to certain homes
and certain comforts.

The reverse of pain
is not pleasure but comfort,
pleasure includes pain.

I wish that comfort
would come forth and comfort us
from our age old pain.

Sometimes you need to
comfort someone once and then
comfort them again.

What brings us comfort
in the short run is often
not good in the end.

Sometimes what we need
is the comfort of a friend,
sometimes they need us.

True comfort is found
deep inside our ageless hearts
where all wounds are healed

294

Good night and G-d bless
the selfish and the unkind
to tweak their beliefs

287-293

If it has to rain
let it drizzle like write now
while I stand and wait

Andy Statman plays
Mandolin not clarinet
while I stand and wait

Waiting for my ride
to a place where I belong
Thank G-d, Thank G-d, Thank-

Mini van pulls up
She's waiting, but not for me
House keeper enters

Thank G-d for thank you
the way I stand here and feel
and say thank you G-d

Happiness is not
something that is happening-
 except for inside

It is important
to catch yourself when you are
playing the victim

286

Fascinating time:
We all get older in it
While looking away

283-285

I need a retreat

from all of my retreating

I want to connect

I took little risks

way back when I was little

then I retreated 

Not hasty retreats

nor retreats planned in advance

neither are simple