Saturday, February 13, 2021

New chances on a sunny morning

Here's another chance to feel at ease.

      Maybe hear a compliment about 

an unexpected aspect of your anxious self. 


Another chance to forgive them all, 

     to accept something--finally.  


Begin with a Swiss cheese and spinach omelet topped with salsa.

     Already feeling health and gentle power. 


And then the chance to plant bare feet 

     on the sand where herons lift

their humongous wings as you meet their land

     and you all glow with immortal soul.


Another chance to dream you are not a clump 

     of matter formed from flotsam in exploding stars.


A chance to ride a bike on a new trail, flat and blooming,

     all yours, another chance to stop


by the wide lake, lean your sore back on a rock 

     and write two good lines, 

 about silvery fish and purple berries--consolation 

   for all that fails to last. 


Another chance to be at ease on Earth, 

     to think of not one thing

that must be changed.