If only... Love, Courage & Peace

This is the second poem that showed up on my door step yesterday morning. Brilliant wishful thinking on my part, don't you think!! 

Love Courage Peace
If only I could write a word –
or carve it or paint it
or draw it and have it
STICK
 
Have the meaning stay present,
the subtleties live on in my mind
and actions,
thoughts and feelings.
 
If only I could DO SOMETHING
for once
that stays forever
that doesn’t slip or fade or degrade.
 
I am craving a sure footing
a solid place to stand
a firm rail to grab
a holy place of pause and safety.
 
Let the universe fly by outside
in all its chaos & drama & blah blah blah.
I want none of it.
 
I choose a quiet, still, calm
eye of the storm,
to gather myself
and hold myself
and write words
that STICK and
SINK IN
to all that I am.
 
ENOUGH.
 
9/8/20

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