Summer crickets cackled
outside my bathroom window
and as I creamed my neck
I thought of the days' wonders
I had all but ignored.
I let myself cry in front
of a new friend; certainly
a mark of love and openness.
I let go the daughter who leaves
too soon happily and without worry.
I learned my laptop battery has
exactly four hours and seventeen minutes
before it dies (a good thing to know),
I napped without guilt.
I realized that I actually
missed my businesses on my days off
like they were old faithful friends
not quadruplets at feeding time.
And just now, when I
turned on the light in the living room
in order to put down these thoughts
just what a gift my poems are
to me.
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