Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Any Morning by William Stafford

Just lying on the couch, and being happy
Only humming a little,  the quiet sound in the head. 
Trouble is busy elsewhere in the world. 
It has so much to do in the world.

People who might judge are mostly asleep 
They can't monitor you all the time 
and sometimes they forget
when dawn flies over the hedge you can get up and act busy 

Little corners like this, pieces of heaven, left lying around  
Can be picked up and saved.
People won't even see you have them.
They're so light and easy to hide.

Later in the day you can act like the others. 
You can shake your head, you can frown.