A Choice

 

Entering life ~

happens each day.

Dreams fade in wisps, 

disappearing in the light. 

Each day is a choice to be.

What will you choose?

“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

(1803 ~ 1882

We Know Only Breath

Comfort and space, 

both needed 

for breath to be easy. 

In the space 

of stars and moon 

we know only breath. 

The breath of the universe. 

We have yet to discover 

all the comforts of space.

“focus on the journey, not on arriving at a certain destination.”

~ Chris Hadfield,  An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth

*For Artemis 2

Needing Perspecitive

Needing a nudge to take my turn 

playing Scrabble is a sign that 

visiting has overtaken game play. 

Puts ‘need’ in perspective. 

There are times when I choose 

not to buy groceries even though 

my cupboards and fridge 

have empty spaces ~ 

the milk almost gone,

only one extra pound of butter, 

broccoli is preferred 

rather than the frozen beans. 

My reason? The recipe calls for specifics!

What I need in that moment 

is a bit of creativity, courage 

~ it’s too easy to go out 

for supper or order in. 

This isn’t the old saw 

‘think of the hungry kids’, 

There is another old saw: 

“Make do with what you have”. 

Spices make all the difference, 

internet search engines and 

 ~ you remember them ~ 

recipe books, and imagination.

“Necessity is the mother of all invention”

~ Albert Einstein

Glare

 

A day without writing 

blinds me. Even so, 

I putter along, 

my mind still busy writing in 

the invisible ink of thoughts. 

When I look out the window

to see the orange tabby ~

king of the block ~ 

I imagine that he knows 

where all the mice are, 

or the friendly back door 

where food is always 

on the back step just for him.

Stories and poems trail along 

while I do housework sorts of things, 

like finding a fluff of cat hair 

that resembles a mouse. 

My pen seldom touches 

the paper when I see these things.

Maybe they gather in my mind 

like the dishes in my cupboards 

to be used when needed. 

A day without writing blinds me 

with the glare of my thoughts.

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”

~ Anaïs Nin

Priorities

Temptation to change the world 

is merely a wisp of a dream,

too great a task, 

and too messy. 

I walked to day, 

just to the grocery store 

for my prescription refill 

and bananas. 

I added a Bosc pear because 

they taste good. Curious, 

I took my blood pressure - 

the machine showed ‘optimal’.   

Then I spoke to a cheerful pharmacy tech 

about the state of the weather outside. 

Paying my bill, I packed my groceries

and my medication into my bag, 

zipped up my jacket and headed home. 

I looked up to check the clouds ~ 

rain this afternoon or possibly this evening? ~ 

Three blocks to walk, I skirted all the puddles,

rain stayed in the clouds. Home safe and dry. 

Temptation to change the world 

is merely a wisp of a dream,

too great a task, 

and too messy.

“Action expresses priorities.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Breathe

Patience is a lovely practice. 

It lets me breathe. 

See and hear life around me. 

Quiets all the busy thinking 

of the chattering should’s 

and shouldn’t have’s 

rolling through

my mind while I wait for 

anything, something, everything.

It let’s me breathe in life around me;

hear all the life around me.

Patience is a lovely practice.

“Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen 

in a different order than the one you have in your mind.”

~ David G. Allen, author

Why Wait?

Excitement rolls with life’s punches, 

waiting for a walk in the park, 

  the latest movie,            

    the bloom of fireworks 

      over the prairie. 

Why wait? 

  Because life should be a surprise 

    spreading across your face 

      warming your heart. 

Excitement rolls with life’s punches, 

  To ease pains of yesterday and today

    To strengthen the soul for tomorrow

      To remember the joys of every day.

“For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.”

~ William Shakespeare