Let it Be A Sky - Erin Geesaman Rabke

[Larry Robinson]

Thank you, Shawn.
Beautifully said!

> On Apr 13, 2023, at 6:44 AM, Larry Robinson <Lrobpoet at sonic.net> wrote:
> 
> Let it Be A Sky 
> 
> Do you feel astonished at your great luck just to be here? 
> To have breakfast? 
> Maybe two eggs and buttered toast. 
> Maybe good hot coffee. 
> Maybe there’s running water that flows at any temperature you like. 
> Maybe you’ve forgotten 
> what miracles these are. 
> 
> Perhaps there are spices resting in your cabinet 
> that used to require a months-long sea voyage to obtain. 
> Peppercorns. Cinnamon. Saffron. There they sit. 
> So quiet, almost as if it’s not extraordinary. 
> 
> Maybe the sun is shining on your old wood floor 
> or glowing through a dirty window. 
> Perhaps a sprinkle of snow falling from a pine branch 
> is illuminated by a shaft of light. 
> 
> The miracles are everywhere. 
> Look how many ancestors shine 
> through your aging hands. 
> 
> Just think. 
> Right now you could be riddled with cancer. 
> Or a car crash could be in the works. 
> Or perhaps a great earthquake soon to erupt. 
> 
> Or you could live for decades, 
> days full of breakfast, running water, 
> sunlight, pepper, cinnamon. 
> 
> Those stones giving extra gravity to your heart? 
> Lay them down in the Great River of Grief. 
> It flows forever. 
> It softens everything. 
> 
> And while you’re here 
> don’t miss the miracles. 
> 
> Let your heart be a leaping dolphin. 
> At least sometimes. 
> 
> Let it be an opening rose. 
> Let it be a deep rooted tree 
> growing between worlds. 
> 
> Let it be a sky with room for it all. 
> 
> 
> 	- Erin Geesaman Rabke
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