Reading in
the morning, 

I am distracted by the light

that falls
across the page,

across the
room,

climbing
down the wall 

as the sun rises.

Somewhere, a
neighbor’s rooster 

crows, as I carry
my little boy 

toward the bathroom where he
stands 

on sleepy legs.  Maybe that song 

is his prayer, I think, as I carry 

this boy back to his bed, fix 

the
pillow and blankets, 

and close
the door.

Yesterday
afternoon I stood 

in the kitchen cutting
potatoes, 

eggs, cucumbers and onion and paused 

to call my husband, because

of the way
the room was lit through 

the windows, the way the
ceiling fan spun, 

fresh, the way I
stood, happy 

and content in a farm house
kitchen 

like so many women have
before.   

This, I know, was my prayer.

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