Three poems for moving on
To leaf-green happiness
Peace to those who are
so close to closure
but the next step
is the impossible one
Dialing the phone
to say you’re sorry
or you accept their apology
or you can’t remember
what the fight was about
Or deleting their number
because you’ve talked yourself hoarse
and just want
peace.
Peace to the tired, the foot-sore
the worn out, the bone-weary
Peace to the fatigue that sleep will help
or would if you could remember how
Peace to the exhaustion
of carrying heavy things
that were never yours to carry
Peace to the day
you finally learn
to put them down.
Peace to blue sadness
settled in the pit of your stomach
heavy and cold
Peace to hot red anger
orange anxiety, yellow fear
Peace to the purple of old wounds
dulled with age but sharp still in dreams
Peace to leaf-green happiness
buried but regrowing
persistent as seeds
resilient as life.
All poems from 365 Days of Peace: Benedictions to End Your Day in Gentleness and Hope