Endangered Species

Partly Cloudy I have one of those watches     that tells me the weather today it says     will be partly cloudy. How very true     my days generally are— some sun-dashed moments     when no doubts assail me… I know who I am      what I’m doing here where I’m going—     then come the clouds… and I have no clue     what it’s all for what the heck is going on     and does it even matter… The sun shines every day     maybe not where I am sometimes there’s a little rainfall     or a crackling thunderstorm      or just wisps of cloud     drifting across the sun changing…always changing     shape-shifting, ephemeral the weather of my days     ...

Ordinary Moments On a day when life seems tasteless,       remember there may come a day when you would do anything       for an ordinary moment… one of those moments      we all take for granted— when we can wash dishes      take a hot shower or read a book and neither heart nor body       will be shattered or broken… nor life seem as if it has shifted      and will never be the same again. Ordinary moments are touchstones      for those with sense to see, assuring us it’s all a grand adventure       unfolding beneath sun and stars… and yes, we are watched over      during good times and bad. They are moments so precious      so rare with hidden meaning so ripe ...