Rain beats down
in interruption of
the fleeting sun,
sun in its brief windows
interrupts the rain,
sleep interrupts thought,
thought interrupts sleep,
anxiety about our course
interrupts excitement

We will smooth it over,
we will fill our moments
with enough learning
that we don’t have time
for gaps of panic,
and the places between the doing
we’ll fill with hope.

©Wendy Mulhern
March 27, 2016