From Morning Songs: Doing What I Do
Acceptance of life's mystery and doing what I doI sit here every dawn because I do, and I keep the fire going because I want the warmth. I eat a piece of toast because I’m hungry and look up at the morning star because it’s there.I listen to my heart because it’s beating and it’s quiet in the stillness of this room. I take a breath because I want the air and cannot stop what enters me with every breath-- these thoughts, these memories, these longings that swirl in me b...