THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR -- AND BEYOND

 

     

    My name is Simplicity,
guide, guardian, angelic
companion, lost in a shop
of cast-off tools, linens, photos
and cut glass knobs, where I languished
beneath crocheted doilies,
choking on dust and mouse.

 

Not a simple nor straightforward end

for me, the Angel of Simple Things.

For I am a sign of truth and clarity,

 nurturing joy in the good

and the basic. No frills.  No excess.

I harvest the wheat and banish

the chaff to the winds.

 

She found me there on the floor.

A kindred spirit in search of what

I could teach -- sharing wisdom,

 echoing the past, telling stories 

and dreams. I sit on her desk,

 aside books and cats and

whisper that simple truth.

 

Find your true self.

Be that true self.

Let the confusion go.