how I live with foreboding
foremost, the breath
unsteady
watch it even, settle
remember
it’s required and dear
the mind
skittish, disturbed—
turn it away from
dark stories feeding
brains built to notice
what’s wrong
drink in sharp
scent of ripening
tomatoes
or walk in first rain
petrichor rising
birds ruffle and preen
soothing me
as they bathe
a thousand thanks for the ever-needed reminder...
I could live on that fragrance - “drink in sharp
scent of ripening
tomatoes”