20,000

Today.

Today, the tenth of March
two thousand and twenty-three,
is my twenty thousand.

It seems to me that this
should be mighty. Significant.
A time to reflect upon 

success, failure, possibility.
I figured I could eek it out
of a poem or photograph

but it seems that there 
is nothing to be seen here.
No tsunami of epiphany,

no high richter 
inspirational illumination.
It seems between, twenty thousand,

nineteen thousand, 
nine hundred and ninety nine
or twenty thousand and one

there is little to choose (We’ll see)
It’s likely the same 
for any arbitrary anniversary:

It won’t bring back what you’ve lost
or change what you’ve become
and ( unless you are seriously reckless) 
won’t change what lies in front.

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Shot in Plymouth, UK on the Nikon D750 on my 20,000 day on earth

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