What does one do with
a topsy turvy morning
when everything was planned
when part of the plan was
to be relaxed and be happy
interrupted by the forgotten
an attempt at reshuffling
to fit in the sudden
and still make breakfast.
only one ~
or maybe two things ~ to do
snatch calmness from the air
be still and keep moving
let go of the sudden and
go with the plan.
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
~ Mary Oliver, The Summer Day
An old and stately tree grows
between sidewalk and fence
never pruned of family
feels and lives through seasons
lives a steady life to grow
wider each year.
Each spring branches out
tender sprouted limbs with
a new crop of leaves
roots growing deeper with time
between sidewalk and fence
an old and stately tree grows.
“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.”
~ George Santayana,
philosopher and poet
My soul is quiet tonight
after a good and ordinary day.
The sun shone.
The wind blew.
The bus was on time
both there and back.
On my mission, I was gifted
by the kindness of humanity
at crosswalks and in stores.
I saw the clouds shape and
move in the further up wind.
I ate my meals and fed my cat.
All of these things made
today special on this
good and ordinary day.
My soul is quiet tonight.
“…it is the sweet, simple things of life, which are the real ones after all.”
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of Little House on the Prairie
(1857 ~ 1957)
