Taking a breath
and letting go.
Gritting my teeth
and hanging on.
Finding my feet,
enough to run away.
Finding the will
inside
to stay.
The words appear upon the page,
as if through some
divine
intercession.
Life unfolds each day
revealing the most ignored
miracle in the world.
Eyes open
and here we are.
Close them
and we go away.
No one left to explain
the mystery
of who we are,
or why we remain.
Questions in the clouds.
Trouble on the ground.
So many confused
and concerned faces,
but they have eaten
of the fruit
and been deceived.
Life isn’t as hard as it seems.
It’s just letting go
and holding on.
It’s walking away
from what is wrong,
and staying in the day,
long enough to sing your song
and then disappearing
in the twilight.
There are miracles
all around.
We can sing
and bring them out.
Like the sun
rising with the dawn;
the most ignored
miracle of all.
HG – 2022
