Body Scan on the Cape

Enjoy today
No
right now
the contrasting rich brown
of a thickened hand
a right hand
my own hand
that has always resembled
that of a mother and a grandmother
color de café
color de amor
brown like the earth
against the pale green
of a warm shirt
and the faint moss against
this brick step
a place to sit
to reflect
to remember
to avoid the fight
and hold the light
so enjoy today
and let tomorrow be
and yesterday go
and watch the mist settling on the beach cove
and listen to the awakening gulls
looking for breakfast
and enduring the noisy
cars going by at a busy speed
and hear the thruuuummmm
of the church bells
beckoning all to worship
on this morning in the Cape
at the end of the month
of a very lovely May
at the beginning of the 31st day.

Provincetown, MA 2007.