Tagged: attention

happiness grows on

happiness grows on
trees – which need watering, sunlight,
and enough care and

attention to make it through the
dark times, just like any other
.
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in mama’s backyard,

in mama’s backyard,
our twin dogwood trees compete
for her attention,

not unlike the way we all
light up when she turns our way
.
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yesterday’s winter

yesterday’s winter
solstice slipped passed nobody
and everybody –

another wave of cases
capturing our attention
.
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eventually, each

eventually, each
memory runs into the
ocean, still trying

to claim distinct space, blowing
bubbles in its infancy
.
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sometimes spring spends all

with age come new aches,

with age come new aches,
vying for attention – let’s trade
an arm for a leg
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: trade

we are so good at

we are so good at
centering mondays, drawing
attention to our

breath, body, and posture, along
with any rising sensations
.
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saturday at the

saturday at the
pupuseria, i paid
attention to the

way you ordered what you ordered
because everything was brand new
.
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it has come to my

it has come to my
attention that
you sing when
moving from room to
room in the middle of
a quiet afternoon because
i scare easily. love is
adding to our repertoire
so that we can
become more
secondhand
fearless together
.
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perhaps time stretches

perhaps time stretches
during separation, seconds
become minutes,
minutes, hours,
and so on and so forth,
so that upon
return, it is
best to use caution
when opening
overhead bins, as
items may have
shifted in flight
.
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