To my girls

I was wandering through my head the other day

It is a specialty of mine

These treks through the tangled jungle of my mind

It is easy to get lost in there

and to lose

what is out there

right in front of me

They say that life can be lost in the living

It is certainly true

That one can wander through the day

and never once make contact

Never engage

with the moment

with the task

with the person

never "be"

Thank God for little girls

who pull you out of yourself

and make you smile

and bring you back to the world

and to yourself

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to my laughing little granddaughter

Mara

and my wonderful daughter 

Erin