1.11.14 Through The Frigid January Skies

Some days , no matter if you have loads to do,

 just all packed in, 

or your job is simply to live quietly, 

there are these moments that arrive on the scene, 

and steal your heart away. 

Where something comes together within you and without you 

and it happens while you're walking down the street 

or standing in line
or catching sight of the baby surprised by a sudden gust
or see a cow happily romping over to their friends
or you are shifting in your wheelchair to try to get more comfortable
or stamping your cold feet while you deliver the last newspapers
or trying to get the dinner made and the groceries put away and the little ones happy and the big ones doing their homework as you daydream about a Greek Island

or smile at the umpteenth person and take their toll as their acceleration fills your frozen cubicle with exhaust
or the pain that is your constant companion is a little quiet today
or you make it to your yoga class
or notice how less stiff you wake without the night-time icecream 

or begin pushing your maple buds out of your stark slumbering branches even though it's 10• because that's just how it works and you remember in your tree-sleep the pleasure of spring
or wake a bit from your torpid state deep underground, have a few bites of acorn, go pee, and curl up to sleep again

or you secretly dance about in the work bathroom 

drying your hands while no one is about
or you remember the feel of your hand in a loved one's hand 

who is no longer here with us 

or you wake a bit to notice the suckling of your infant bears who have birthed themselves and found teats before you fall into hibernation again

or the earth in your part of the neighborhood 

comes together with this succulent sunset 

that knocks your socks off so bad 

you wonder why the whole county 

hasn't become stock still for watching 

or you look up to notice the long line of 

adolescent crows playfully dancing together

 in the updrafts 

as they make their way home

 through the frigid January skies

 toward their roost.