Shadows Underfoot

 Shadows Underfoot

by john Clare stokes

Must train for the marathon

Twenty mile training run

Roger comes by tomorrow morn

A bike ride over to Wellborn

For now I must prime this canvas

Start that ole Jubilo Master left us

Is that Stokes with the new Nikon?

I forgot that fall is already coming

Here, let's load the Mohawk, help me,

Let's paddle by Steve's on the Suwannee.

Think I may bring the scuba tanks

Never know what treasures hide along the banks.

They say there's China under Cone Bridge,

And a hidden Spanish fort up on the ridge.

Can we ride a ways through the Osceola?

We may just uncover another arrow point.

I must work on my notes from Guadalcanal

My Navy days and the seas burning for miles.

Is it Wednesday? Its bean soup night I forgot.

Roger you said is gone?

Do you see the shadows under my feet?

I finished that marathon strong.

Robert “Bob” Jones