A Poem A Day - David McNair

[Larry Robinson]

A Poem A Day

I got another poem today
Just like everyday
A miracle on the internet
Sometimes I read them
Sometimes I'm too busy
Yet they still come
A poem a day

The sender doesn't know
If I read them or not
Its his Yoga
He says it keeps him focused
A poem a day

Some of them are beautiful
Sometimes I scratch my head
What was the writer thinkin'
Some touch me deeply
Some I don't understand
Doesn't matter what I think though
They keep comin'
A poem a day

Today's poem
Cracked me open
Like a vase of water
Dropped and shattered
Its all about Jesus
Buddha
Sages who came to heal
Down home wisdom
Elegant and eloquent
Mind engaged then
Dragged straight to the heart
Sobbing at my computer desk
Tears on the keyboard
With a poem a day

My dog
With the compassion
Of all those sages
Wags her tail at my tears
Puts her nose on my knee
Looks soulfully up at me
With loving brown eyes
Is the dog a poem

The cat also
Comes and jumps up
Rubbing his head on my leg
Is the cat a poem too

Maybe the dog is Jesus
   Always loving

And the cat is Buddha
   Always reaching up

Just for me

A poem a day

	- David McNair