For Now

Relaxed and sipping tea

                                    I ponder

                                                 thoughts of the day

                                                                                while

                                                                                        they

                                                                                              fall

                                                                                                   randomly

                                                                                    like

                                                                                         silent

                                                                          snowflake

                                                              cushions

                                                                           to the                                     

                                                                                     ground

where they mix

                       with

                              cushioned thoughts from the past.

I shed my shoes

                         and

                              walk across them

                                                        feeling their

                                                                           softness

                                                                                        and

                                                                               gentle massage

and

      I am assured

                          this                            

                               is

                                 my

                                    path

                                          for

                                              now.

                                                                                                 For Now 

                                                                                                 —karen smith

                                                                                                 2014