Reflection

Look up.

And I notice
In this moment
For this moment
I have everything I need

A warm bed
A book of poems
To be read
A book of poems
Unfinished in my head

Coffee
Still warm
The dog in morning meditation
at my feet - his Zen is perfect

I'm trying to learn
How to arrive
At the place where
I can appreciate these things
Without trying

To wake
In first lights reflection
And behold
Life's unfolding perfection
And let gratitude
guide my direction

With each new day
As the gift
That it is.


Ken Owen  Van Niddy Press  April 2014