latest musings: redux

*Updated 2x*

Last night having been exhausted from pulling an all-nighter Monday evening and, also recently not getting either enough or good quality rest or sleep, I was finding myself falling asleep and so after a late supper finally went to bed.

However severe leg muscle cramps managed to disturb my sleep, this time just in the left leg and, as usual, the calve. Yet I went back to sleep, although struggled to do so deeply or long enough, only receiving about five hours.

While only still half asleep, since I have been pondering about how I have six (6) weeks left as of today until I have to move out of my 'Winter quarters' and if I do not have permanent housing or anywhere else to land by then will end up living houseless (aka homeless) yet again, the following poem were among my latest musings redux (*update 1*: posted embedded video of poem being read aloud):

homeless sneakers


restless thoughts
toss and turn,
without end
deep within
mind, body and soul
whether day or night,
about once again
becoming homeless

knowing the only
place to then call
home 24/7, will be
one pair of badly
worn out sneakers,
long overdue
for replacement

truth be told
however, those foul
footwear are in much
better shape, than the person
who will be barely
surviving inside them

whose remedy
will not be found
just by a new pair,
but within an abode
of their own,
one providing a permanent
roof and shelter,
under which to live
more restfully instead.


by Morgan W. Brown
Montpelier, Vermont
Sunday, June 18, 2006

[Originally posted, here; Sunday, June 18, 2006]

Speaking of sneakers, those I have are badly in need of replacement once again, which actually should have been replaced last year, however I was not able to afford it at the time. In fact, besides sneakers and because they help with both comfort and lessening of heat stress, I also need to buy a new pair of sandals as well. Although I should be able to afford such either by the end of the month or early next month on my own.

In addition, I am also hoping to get my bicycle out of storage and get it fixed and tuned up in order to put it back on the road. It has been in need of a new chain among other things, which should have been replaced last year, but could not afford it then either, yet think I have enough funds on hand to do it now.

Speaking of bicycling, if you have not previously done so, read my article about such published within The Independent -- a Vermont publication for elders and people with disabilities: Where The Rubber Meets The Road (via Vermont Center for Independent Living: VCIL).

*Update 2*: Bought my new pair of footwear up at the Berlin Mall today, a pair of size 12 4E New Balance sneakers on sale for $39.99, originally priced at $59.95.

It was worth it being able to buy a pair that had the extra width, rather than those with regular width -- which are never an exact fit.

They are a comfortable pair and, it is great to finally be rid of the old worn out pair, especially since my feet, legs and back had long been hurting as a result wearing them.


*Note*: added an embed of video of poem being read aloud; added another update with photo; last updated on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 8:03 PM (ET).