There’s still some value
in these prosaic days,
full of tasks and timelines
and hanging suspended
between past and future

There’s still time here
for the gathering
of news from friends —
children’s accomplishments,
parental worries put to bed

There’s space to rest,
if only for a moment,
in the feeling of having done well,
or at least well enough
to roll over into the next day.

©Wendy Mulhern
August 24, 2015