To be

“Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.”

                                           Matthew Arnold

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Happy dog

Presses a cold nose in my back

And so the day begins

So much to do

As the week

Filled with bits and pieces of accomplishment and failure

Comes to a whimpering end

And yet, Frostian

I have long to go before I sleep

Tasks are lined up

waiting to be done

by a body unable and a mind unwilling to cooperate

and this morning

my soul feels more unraveled that refreshed

this is what happens

when all is striving

and little is being

perhaps a pause is in order

a moment

to walk happy dog

take a deep breath

sip my Americano

and start over

remembering

my essential nature

is to

be