More sense

Before the day is fully defended.

Does it make more sense

To write

While dreams still cling,

While first thing noticed

Is the squirrel hanging

From the bird feeder

As he drops seeds

To the cardinals

Below?

Does it make more sense

To write

While kitten and grandfather cat

Sleep together,

Until they wake up,

Become aware

Of what they symbolize:

Lion and lamb

Peaceful kingdom

Before they go their separate ways?

Does it make more sense

To write

Before the day

Is fully defended?

Prairie path

Mine is to stand on the edges, offer refuge, if only for a time. Up or down the prairie path the Crusades continue. May peace be found, however it grows. True peace. That which grows, even in cold and ice.

I work up the prairie path

Or is it down

From what feels

Like the Crusades?

I work to keep

My own house in order.

May others walk up

Or down the path,

Reach whatever refuge

I might offer;

Find whatever peace

Is elsewhere.

May they return

Holding the peace

That passes all understanding

In open hands.

May they return,

Let peace trickle

Through their fingers.

May that peace root,

Maybe even sprout

In the snow.

Mindfulness

Almost a haiku day. Attending a service today for one of the saints. Wearing my collar in his honor. Rest in peace, rise in glory, Bob.

Mindfulness:

It’s all the rage these days but

More often the calm.