Could be a lot of that stuff
I’ll throw under the bed
and not think about for awhile

Maybe there’s a way of thinking about things
that is much clearer than all my habits.
The need, it seems, is to keep those habits
from jumping all over the new thoughts

Could be a practice of silence
and meek observation
with dew all around my eyes
reminding me with each blink
what it is to be new
will help.

©Wendy Mulhern
December 29, 2018