A Meditation On The Twenty Minute Walk Home
Suzanne Highland
Open your eyes — now.
Be thankful for eyes that open at all.
For windows that open, for the streetlight
outside that gathers insects to it
like a warm-bellied mother. For yours.
Fill yourself with simplicity. Think less
of yourself. Be yourself. Someone will
tell you it’s impossible — don’t listen.
Open your eyes again. The lamp is bright;
you don’t have time to care.