A Little Closer

She Will Not Be Quiet: A (mostly unedited) daily writing practice

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Jotting from my journal…. Day #59 of daily writing/sharing

A Little Closer

I don't want to write a poem today. Instead,
I want to sit inside the sun's warm arms, listen

to the chattering of Red-winged Blackbird, robin, 
goldfinch, Pine Siskin, Black Phoebe—

they have joined me for coffee and I don't 
want to miss a single, song-saturated moment,

want to sit here with the pretty purple camas, 
the just-bloomed tulips, the happy Oregon grape, 

want to watch my delightful dog chase 
and chase her tail,

consider that I have been alive for 55 
glorious springs,

one that brought me my Love, two 
that birthed my beloved daughters, 

each has breathed me a little closer 
to what feels like blossoming—

planted me here inside this song-saturated 
moment. The one that, just now, has passed. 

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