SNOW GOOSE

theguardian.com

On days when the weight of the lives around you

threatens to topple you, 

may there be a piece of earth,

soft and sweet with moss, 

to give your feet a gentle place to stand.

When your eyes look out on a gray winter vista

with no horizon, may a snow goose swoop,

steadfast and unwavering, across your vision,

to remind you there are days 

of color and warmth ahead,

and just one way to get there -

by moving your feet as diligently 

as she moves her wings.

When you are listening for a message in the wind,

may you find a grove of trees 

dancing with river-breezes,

to whisper in your ear:

"This is the way."

And when you most need to know 

that there has been 

some meaning to your years,

may there be friends, eyes shining,

to wrap you  in the warmth of fellowship,

and may you take

some comfort

in the glow.

My friends, I wrote these words on New Year's Day last year. I found it today, and thought it just as timely a blessing today as it was a year ago. Thank you, my friends, for coming to my site, for reading my words, and for blanketing me in your warmth and friendship. You  have been the best part of my 2014 and I look forward to sharing another year of poetry, the reading and the writing of it, with you.