A nation away from home
burrowing deep inside self illumination
surrounded by books and blankets
hot tea in a yellow tea pot
hot coffee in a silver coffee pot
sweet orange juice,
toasted bread from my own hands
stepping out into wild and wet winter
that is not winter but is golden autumn
focus on the inside-nation knowing
the outside-nation presence is there for
finding friends to laugh with,
passersby on the street to say good morning to,
enthralled by urban wild life
no longer wild but not tamed
by the nation of people walking, jogging, driving
to and from and here to there
stepping back inside home and hearth
to get warm and cozy
preparation of food for the freezer,
for refrigeration and
to share a ‘Sunday night dinner’ with a friend on Saturday night,
gathering strength in this staycation of rest and rejuvenation.
“We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves;
otherwise, we harden.”
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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