Cleaning Up

Washing and scrubbing
Rinsing and draining
Dirt sluiced down a drain or a ditch
Leaves swept up and recycled for compost.
Grainy sand and dirt of this world ~
relatively easy to scrub up, pick up and toss away
Dirt that clings to the soul from carrying out the trash of this life
difficult to recognize, 
invisible to touch, 
letting go ~ a task of the heart.
Made light by the joys all around ~ 
joys can be difficult to recognize, 
invisible to touch, 
recovery ~ a task of the heart.

“The human heart has a way of making itself large again

even after it’s been broken into a million pieces.”

~ Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County