Showing posts with label gratitude. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gratitude. Show all posts

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Pursuit



 Joy is too large to wrap

Anything around,

Mind, Body, universe...

Whereas happy seems to fit

like a coin, a stone, a ladybug,

in the palm

leaving no trace.

Happy comes and goes

while Joy

lingers

imperceptibly, inescapably

Inside.


After chasing

Thing to thing

The cat purrs on my chest-

He cannot get any closer. 


Image credit: me. Photo of SSW, aka Smokey, c. 10/21/2022. 

Gravitas

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