Prosaic

There’s still some value

in these prosaic days,

full of tasks and timelines

and hanging suspended

between past and future

There’s still time here

for the gathering

of news from friends —

children’s accomplishments,

parental worries put to bed

There’s space to rest,

if only for a moment,

in the feeling of having done well,

or at least well enough

to roll over into the next day.

©Wendy Mulhern

August 24, 2015