Wednesday, May 6, 2009

A Gesture to Exercise



My gesture to exercise
I call it.

This ride I take

each evening.
The dust rises behind me,

as I pedal by.

The hills stretch south

in a long line,

softened by the changing light

and comforted by the
blue of the fading day.

God knows, I need the exercise,

but it is the quiet view,

so vast and so still,

horizon to horizon,
that really brings me here.


Clouds hang weightless

above the green and gold

of the prairie

and, if I’m lucky,

I’ll see a hawk

on his way home,

like I am,
with the space and time

to feel how lucky he is.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Paper Crowns

We sit here with our paper crowns,
speaking quietly to each other,
turning right and turning left,
stopping occasionally,
reacting,
remembering,
lost in a wonder that includes everything -
the delicious light as it comes through the window,
the endless day that is passing,
the noble company around us,
the sad idea that makes us laugh
at ourselves,
here, with our paper crowns.