“Joy comes to those who in a sense forget themselves and become totally aware of the other.” ~Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Blooms of Selflessness
Water drips from bags, buckets, and bins
we pull from the basement
and we throw the moldy trash
over the top, into the bin
and hear it crash
through the silence
we keep quiet about the massive
job ahead, assigning missions
to the kids, keeping even ourselves
quiet and distracted
each working for the other’s
sanity knowing it comes
with the time and the space
we make, we create alcoves
of patience and dance around
the pools, build bridges of possibility
and hope, and watching the water recede
we forget ourselves in the giving
and find ourselves in the receiving,
blooms of selflessness
floating in
and out with the tide.
Lovely Amy! There is a lot happening in your basement and wonderful poems coming from there…”create alcoves of patience”…ahhhhh nice.
There is, indeed, a lot happening around here! It is a blessing to have a way of processing it all. Thanks for your kind comments and your perspective. I appreciate it so much. Be well, and enjoy the sunshine!