All the small things
The living room lamp
Cutlery in our kitchen drawers
Clean, ready to butter our bread
Books and pillows
Stories that transport and educate
Pillows bright and colourful to cheer our homes
Colourful toys for children
that inspire play and curiosity.
The dust mop that hangs limply in a cupboard
Ignored until the floor is too messed
Crossword puzzles and games
to keep minds from softening
All the small things
In our homes, on walls and floors
The ticking of a clock ~
Louder in the silence
Floor mats to trip over
Taken for granted and annoying
As we tire and feel frozen in time
Until we grill delicious steak and roast herbed potatoes,
Trek through ink stained mountains,
Find ‘breaking news’ in crackling silver grey paper,
Pencil in words up, down and across
Breathing slowed, heart at ease
Grateful for all the small things.
“Little things console us because little things afflict us.”
~ Blaise Pascal
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