Plaided

The needs of the day

lap over each other,

motion blending into motion,

a plaiding of perception,

interrupted longitude of thought —

shortness of reflection

coming to feel like shortness of breath

I take myself away

where other things

can think for me —

tree in brilliant red surrender,

hands to the sky,

pigeons making life where they are,

on urban concrete and grass,

nudging each other into waves of movement.

Lone mushroom still signaling

its ownership of everything beneath —

These meanings can seep

into deep stretches

for my mind.

©Wendy Mulhern

October 17, 2015