The big house of gratitude
is over there on the hill —
we’ll get to it sometime.

Right here there is walking
through tall grasses,
there is the touch of the slight
burr of their seed heads,
there is the touch of sun,
there is the dance of color
and the dance of winds

These things are small
and ephemeral,
they can be passed
in a step or two.
But there is gratitude.
Yes, there is gratitude here, too.

©Wendy Mulhern
February 17, 2016