Musings From The Inside

Here in this den of mine

Cheap luxury in red

Letting me control

The reach of the sun

The air that can hit me

These long smooth things

How they shield my naked form

From opossums and cars

As I reconstruct my perspective

As I feel gratitude

For every breath, I get to take

Unencumbered

Every paper towel

I have left

Every frozen vegetable

I can still throw in water

I take turmeric

And plant my feet in the floor

As though the wet earth

And I say

Thank you

To the mother

My ferocious ally

Whose forever request

Has simply been a partnership

And from behind

My cheap perfect red

I accept

I say yes

Come what may

I will rest in her fierce beauty

And I will say yes