The less I carry

Off to Florida today to see my beloved and the rest of his family. Back on the weekend. Traveling light.

I will go to Florida,

Not take the computer.

The less I carry

The better off I am.

I will take

One carefully chosen book.

The less I carry

The better off I am.

This was even true

Before all the head stuff.

The less I carry

The more seems possible.

We do what we can do

It's newly dark. I am figuring what needs to change...no more, no less. I do what I can do, as we all must. Hugs are wonderful things.

We do what we can do:

No more

No less.

Today requires

One cup of coffee:

No more

No less.

Today requires

The right amount

Of engagement:

No more

No less,

The hearing of jokes

Silly yet serious;

The hugs

Just because hugs

Connect us

In unworded ways.

Here we are

Doing what we can do.

The same things

Yet somehow different

No more

No less

Present as much as possible

With enough left over

For tomorrow.