{ blog deja vu }

I've blogged this before, but it is just as appropriate for this "confused winter's spring" as it was when I wrote it several years ago. Last week we had summer temperatures followed by a five day blizzard. We went from long, dry grasses to three and a half feet of snow in my backyard again. It is just starting to melt, and today Derek and I ventured out with Kona to the dog park, our hoods raised to combat the wind that licked away the snow drifts. Enjoy the poem, whether winter or spring in your neck of the woods!



poem for today


if i could make today my own--
dive into confused winter's spring--
i would pack two blankets, one for
underneath my sitting self and one
for my back.

i would let my hair down, would
prepare myself for wind and
sunny squinting, would pack a book
heavy enough for the day,
pack foods inviting enough
for fingertips.

with my camera i could (not) capture
the mystery of today--all
sun and silhouette, with nothing
in between but
wind. can you see the photo now,
all brightly dark, held steady in
a blur, all sun spots and streaks--
can you see today?

can you embrace today? i would embrace it,
caught up in its blinding light,
unseeing all around me, wind licking my ears,
howling me here and there, eyes closed,
down whatever path chosen for my today's feet.