Ordinary Grace

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

Photo by William Foley on Unsplash

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Day #112 of (mostly unedited) daily writing/sharing

Ordinary Grace

The way the sky holds the bald eagle, 
the great blue heron, the sparrow, the vulture, 
the clouds, the storm, and the sun too. No thing
excluded, nothing left out. No thing ever left out.

The way the neighbor encourages us 
to keep our cat inside because hers did not 
come home last night, or the night before,
or the night before that. 

The way my husband still 
calls me sweetheart 
after all these years, even when
I am more sour than sweet. 

The way the page lets me set it all down, 
lets me rant and rage—never rejects 
a single word, all of it allowed. All
of it allowed.

The way the rooted ones offer shade 
from the heat, shelter from the downpour, 
wood to make the table, fuel 
for the fire, fire that warms hands, all hands—

no one excluded, 
no one left out. 
No one ever 
left out.

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