Sometimes it’s very clear
that we have what we need
right here, in this house,
with the rain outside
and cherry blossom petals
blowing in the wind
and drifting on the ground

Sometimes it’s a great gift
when sun breaks through towards evening
and we go outside
to walk against the wind
and see the brilliant leaves
in myriad spring greens
against the sky

And small wrens whistle
quiet in the branches of the conifers,
and you go barefoot
so the therapeutic earth
can send its cold connections
up your spine

Sometimes today is enough
to feel the touch of the divine.

©Wendy Mulhern
April 19, 2014