things that gave me hope today

i watched the blabberbox
just cause my mum did
just to sit by her side
hadn’t done it in years
half an hour made me want to smash things
curl up in a ball
force-fed bleakness

so back to the real world

things that have gladdened my heart recently

1 business wizards insisting on
a diet of meditation and quantum physics,
law of attraction as central pillar
in the temple of exchange.

aaaaaah!
to hear “give what you want to receive”
preached by moneymagicians!
matter matters and perhaps
an era of straight lines only
draws to its natural end

2 the power of no
taking care of our clients
by saying
“no
you are not ready
get help, sweetness
return when you stand on stable ground”

spoken by more than one voice
the chain of care insists
these doors don’t open by throwing money at them
i’ve got your back brother
and i show it by saying no

3 birdsong in the late night hours
silence til 3:30
duet at 4:30
symphony at 5:30, moments before the sky pales

there’s nothing quite like
the familiar songs and smells of spring
that this child tasted hiding up trees

i welcome back into my ears
magpie courting dances,
hollow background of woodpeckers
and silent white deer tails,
touching again tender green fingers
of birch almond and apple.

#spring #becausewecare #powerofno