Permission

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

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Day #124 of (mostly unedited) daily writing/sharing

Permission

Please, let me not measure my days 
in thumbs up, or thumbs down, 
in how much I check off—

rather, let me measure my days 
by the number of conscious breaths I took, 
by the moments when I paused everything 
to really listen to what the Western Tanager had to say—  

by how much mercy, 
love, forgiveness, kindness, hugs 
I gave to myself, and others,

by the moments I stood still
and watched the silly dog chase her tail,
and laughed until laughter spilled,

by the permission I gave myself 
to sit on the front porch 
with my head to the sun
for far too long, 

by how many lines of poetry 
dripped from this purple pen,

by how beautifully close
I got to each murmur of a moment—

and, when I forgot it all 
and left myself again,

how I kissed myself 
with kindness
and began again.

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