Tally the Breath of Tranquility

Week 34

Tally the Breath of Tranquility

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            1.   How can I ponder the depth of the obvious; I’m so busy

                  looking past it?

            2.   “Glance around slowly” is the advice of a dear friend,

                  and I know he’s right. It’s a practice I work at.

            3.   I want to get into the joy of it, realizing delight in the

                  ordinary; feeling the absolute rhythm of the simple.

            4.   The predictability gives us comfort while the absence or

                  delay is a missing note in a tune we know well.

            5.   Maybe I should just hit “Like” as in Facebook to start the

                  tally. Is that so silly?

            6.   Right now, I kid you not, a hansom cab with tourists

                  passes my open window—horse goes dippa-dop,

                  dippa-dop, dippa a-dop.

            7.   Let’s agree, isn’t that the unexpected now? Welcome

                  home!

Comfort

beat of the drum,

beat of the heart,

door opening, closing,

escalator clicks

at the top,

crow’s early

caw, caw, caw,

ax in its chop,

hammer pounding,

cars passing

by your window,

ringing phone,

leaping flames

in the fireplace,

waves washing

up on shore,

steps taken to arrive,

stroke of the saw,

sizzle in the fry pan,

pats to the dog,

pours to the

coffee cup,

airplanes taking off,

commuter trains

coming in,

flashes of the

turn signal,

quarter hour peal

from the bell tower,

pulling back

the bed covers,

Hi! to your colleague,

kiss for your lover

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