4 hours.
An introduction,
a conversation,
a shared moment,
a shared meal.
40 hours.
An opportunity in my mind,
a possibly in my heart,
an future in my life.
That does
not come.
I am again,
learning.
Receive 4.
Reel not for 40.
Live in reality.
Do not long in reverie.
Let 4 hours be,
what 4 hours is.
4 hours.
Do not try to save
the whole world
or do anything grandiose.
Instead, create
a clearing
in the dense forest
of your life
and wait there
patiently,
until the song
that is your life
falls into your own cupped hands
and you recognize and greet it.
Only then will you know
how to give yourself
to this world
so worth of rescue.
Martha Postlewaite