The Same

For lunch: chicken yogurt with pecans, grapes, and celery

pondering a lesson in words

others also sit and eat, everywhere

and muse the same

and make plans for a funeral

the guiding word assignment

and a birthday

beginning and ending with define a moment

my word perception

I stand in front of the mirror, cold from death,
blowing dry my hair,
the red barrel pointing down my back, warming me.
I change into a sweater

the temperature on the dash 63

contentment, the project

Ash Wednesday, sacrifice, reflection, unity

Pancakes for dinner, and ice cream for desert

It's one of those nights

lyrics, speeches, the bible, my life, the media, other cultures

Genuine, authentic, kindness,
a man with ease
he lived it

others before self

giving away a car, a Camelia for a bowl

naming the trees that line the yard

forgetting their names
carving wood and smiling

the 23rd psalm over a fresh grave in Beaufort
a walk in the woods, tadpoles
evolution in a drought stricken pond, adapting
rocking chairs and twigs
gathering branches for a fire
Devious not sinister, layers
unfolding with the uncertainty of metaphysics
I knew so little
suffering, mercy and peace share space on the tip
of which I am.