Thursday, February 15, 2024

in every register

my thoughts grow still 
in a landscape slowing
with  sleep, reckoning
now embalms the day

today  I  have  filled
my  heart  again  and 
again... today I willed
my soul to feel beauty 

for on learning in me 
the enduring vapor 
of stars; the brilliant 
 brevities of  flowers

I choose from the new
the needed next step... 
I will see the end arrive
still speaking only love 
_____________

Pic: Saying goodbye to Huckie and Maxie is the toughest part of my morning.

3 comments:

Gillian said...

Nice photo.

Nicole said...

I understand but isn't coming home to those waggy tails just the best?

maya said...

Thanks, Gillian :).

Nicole--yes :), but leaving feels like a betrayal every time...

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