Sometimes it’s enough

Sometimes it’s very clear

that we have what we need

right here, in this house,

with the rain outside

and cherry blossom petals

blowing in the wind

and drifting on the ground

Sometimes it’s a great gift

when sun breaks through towards evening

and we go outside

to walk against the wind

and see the brilliant leaves

in myriad spring greens

against the sky

And small wrens whistle

quiet in the branches of the conifers,

and you go barefoot

so the therapeutic earth

can send its cold connections

up your spine

Sometimes today is enough

to feel the touch of the divine.

©Wendy Mulhern

April 19, 2014