STAY THE MOMENT

RELAX exactly where you are

make everything possible of this

very minute. STAY IN IT STAY IN IT

become something

of a sloth, sunning on a rock.

Even when you feel pain,

heart, gut, shoulder, back, head

heart heart heart

just close your eyes be steady

picture it if you must

but most of all just hold the pain in your

senses and don't put any name

to it but FEEL IT FEEL IT FEEL IT.

Sitting on the couch, 

I light a candle and

STARE OUT TO THE MEADOW

feel the breath

cool air into the nostrils 

warm air out from the mouth 

cool and warm

breathe now

in slow slow slow slow

slow motion.

After so many minutes

breathing that way

I begin

to

move mindfully down

the hall

one foot after

another.

All I need is a mid-

afternoon snack with my

cherished cup of 

turmeric and cacao tea.

I try to drink it

as slowly

as the

honey

drips

from

the spoon

drop

by

drop
honey

onto my peanut butter

cracker that I eat

with my tea.

How blessed I am to

have an eternity of time

to drink my tea and coffee.

OH AND THE CRISP

OF MY CRACKER 

I LOVE THE

TINY SESAME

SEEDS PITTED AGAINST

MY TEETH

IN THE CREAMY
PEANUT BUTTER

thick on my tongue.

I am getting younger

all the time, more

and more focused
on experiencing

the world the

way my darling 

baby granddaughter

Dani sees and feels and

tastes it -- a blessed
moment at a time.