Thursday, February 09, 2017

Go White Inside and Write

looking out the window into


white


white

branches layered
by

white
white

on days like
this one
you might
try if you want
to try do this:

sit down in a chair
and stare outdoors

watch the snow
fall and fall and fall
steadily
shifting
slanting
blowing
dancing
whirling
fluffing
howling
drifting
sifting

a fury
of white
ever down

watch

just
white.
just
white.
just watch.

maybe you start
to see
grey and
brown and
the palest
of greens
and the willows
muted gold

close your eyes
breathe
slowly
in white
out white
and
in
and out

go white inside
feel how that
feels to feel
white
see how that
looks behind
your eyes inside
your chest
and arms
and legs

do that for a
minute
or two
or ten

pay attention

and then
if you
feel
moved,
pick up a
pen a pencil
a marker
a paintbrush

and do whatever
makes you smile.

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