THE PRESENT FEAST

Photo by S. Auberle

"The reality of now--the unreality of all the rest."

~ Thomas Merton

you

sitting there

in a red shirt

silver hairs

on your golden arm

the cardinal

singing

his late summer song

outside heat

pressing down

on our two stalks

of corn

tasselling

my coffee

pale with cream

book words paper pen

this moment

i celebrate

~ mimi