valentine

-can you find my little valentine-

sweetheart card: give with joy

we have taken in a lot of simple, calm moments at home this week 

and we have gone on some impromptu adventures 

two of my favorite

things to do 

with my boys.

…

the messenger

My work is loving the world.

Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird-

Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.

Here the calm deep in the speckled sand.

Are my boots old? Is my coat torn?

Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me

keep my mind on what matters, 

which is my work,

which is mostly standing still and learning to be

astonished. 

The phoebe, the delphinium.

The sheep in the pasture, and the pasture.

Which is mostly rejoicing, since all the ingredients are here,

which is gratitude, to be given a mind and a heart

and these body-clothes,

a mouth wide with which to give shouts of joy

to the moth and wren, to the sleepy dug-up clam,

telling them all, over and over, how it is,

we took a nap together yesterday 

something i never want to forget 

he is a helper

sincere, inclusive and empathetic

he is a lover of life

and family

he is light.

happy valentine’s to you