Gratitude

Today I practice being in love

Not a jumpy, romantic love - 

That blushing new love that takes our breath away.

 

Today I practice being in love with the moment

This moment, with its peace and comfort

This quiet breath

The two cats snuggled in, somewhere in the next room

The full refrigerator

So many people who love me, right this second

    no matter my mistakes.

Love, liberator of the fretful mind

Fills my lungs with sweet freshness

Making colors soft, and now, more vivid

I can wait all day in traffic with this love

I can smile at strangers, 

Breathe through the pain,

walk softly on the earth

    feeling the pressure and temperature

    of her blessed body

    under the soles of my perfect feet.