dialectic

you revealed
something new about
yourself today

i discovered
something new about
myself today

this is the moment

this is the moment
that we breathe in

from the countless
hurried minutes
of an endless
harried day
this is the moment

this is the moment
that we breathe in

the fret of mind
and dark of soul
are left behind
for one long pause
for sight, and sound and scent

this is the moment
that we breathe in

when you
at peace
in dream
in sleep
remind us that
this is
you are
we now must be
in this fleeting moment
breathing fully be

early riser

your mother likes
that cloudy look
your eyes have
when you begin to stir

as if you still get confused
about where you have landed

then, you look around
and, unless you've had
some bad dream
whose words we cannot
even begin to imagine

you catch our eyes
and measure our faces

and reward us with
a sleepy sweet smile

as if you remember
once again
why it is
that we needed you

weights and measures

they have these
standard curves
of how much
you should be gaining

and so we fret
because you've slowed-down
far two much
over the last two weeks

we fret about feeding
about your little cough
we fret about your sleep
your perspiration

we have a thousand and one fears
a thousand and one worries