Thursday, March 28, 2019

Yes


It could happen any time, tornado,
earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen
Or sunshine, love, salvation.

It could you know. That’s why we wake
and look out—no guarantees
in this life.

But some bonuses, like morning,
like right now, like noon,
like evening.


—William Stafford



at
Labels: ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

After Grief

We forget that spring comes not all at once, in one wide sweep of warmth and green blanketing the ground, but blossom by blossom, and blade ...

  • The Names
      Yesterday, I lay awake in the palm of the night. A soft rain stole in, unhelped by any breeze, And when I saw the silver glaze on the wind...
  • Billowing Overhead
      Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything. -- C.S. Lewis It's not your absence I feel, but your presence, palpable, still sn...
  • Citizen of Dark Times
    Agenda in a time of fear: Be not afraid. When things go wrong, do right. Set out by the half-light of the seeker. For the well-lit problem b...