On days when my mind is like a bramble brier I’ll find sanctuary in a single bloom on your jagged stem
Patterns of attention Fractals of thought
In the storm, Each wave greater than the last Until calm and the terror of the doldrums
Turn off the world Retreat into the sanctuary of bliss
What a perilous gift this is The power to write and to speak But what choice we have These precious days
To snarl and bicker like fractious dogs Or to make such sweet harmony That life itself seems too good to waste
The depths of fear and pain and terror Are as real as the tombs of living souls Yet one smile on the face of innocence Is all it takes to enter heavens door
My path is clear Each day to be lived
Black or white, light or dark, each day presents a choice