tomorrow can wait
perhaps tomorrow
isn’t asking you
to fit
one more thing
into the day
perhaps
it’s waiting
to see
what you’ll leave behind
the kettle
clicked softly
a while ago
your coffee
still warm
the dog
stopped waiting
for you
to throw
the ball
and simply
lay down
beside you
outside
someone
is cutting
the grass
somewhere else
people
already
gathering
children
laughing
at rules
they’re making up
as they go
the washing
can wait
another hour
the birds
had already
started
without you
your phone
is exactly
where
you left it
and somehow
that feels
less important
than the breeze
through the
open window
nothing
remarkable
happens
and that feels
remarkable
enough
perhaps
we spend
too much
of today
borrowing
tomorrow
perhaps
tomorrow
can wait
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This is the kind of poem that doesn't ask you to understand it. It just asks you to sit in it for a moment. And that's exactly what I needed today.
The line about the dog stopping waiting and just lying down beside you. That's the whole thing right there. We spend so much time chasing what's next that we miss the presence that's already here, waiting for us to notice it.
The kettle, the coffee, the grass being cut, the children making up rules as they go. None of it is remarkable. And that's what makes it remarkable. The ordinary is where the real life is happening. The extraordinary is just a distraction.
Thank you for this. It landed.
Thank you for the gentle reminder to just ...
slow...
down...
and relax.
(I realized I was typing really fast when I started responding and doing that seemed to miss the whole point so I'm taking my time now)