My family, befuddled by the lurch of springing forward
totters through the starting steps of day
We stumble toward the afternoon at risk of crashing floor-ward
It isn’t our design to live this way
In nature’s wisdom, light’s return comes incrementally
a quiet step on each side of the day
But commerce grabs the hour of evening greedily
without a care what we may have to say
It turns its gears and spits us night for morning
We reel and grumble to our daily tasks
But then our equilibrium adjusts itself, and slowly
we rise from depths towards what the morning asks
No worries - light’s swift wings will overtake us
bear us up where true spring can embrace us.
©Wendy Mulhern
March 15, 2011
This reminds me that even though so many things are out of our control,
ReplyDeletewe still manage to adjust. No worries.
Thanks Jen! Congratulations on mastering the arcane trick of getting the comment posted! I appreciate hearing from you -
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