ROUND AND ROUND
SHE GOES
Same old coffee,
Same old sound of the heat kicking on,
Same old kitty begging for a treat.
Same old aches in the shoulders and hips.
Same old face in the mirror
with wrinkles that haven’t magically disappeared
as promised.
Same old anxieties arise from the heart,
bringing the same old grip to muscles and joints.
It’s a new day
and another chance to begin afresh, but
everything already feels and looks
the same.
I wonder where gratitude fits in
when discovering change is the desire
amidst the predictable and suffocating sea.
And yet,
what if change arrives with a new symptom
or a devastating loss?
What if there is a crushing fall
or a sudden crisis arriving with
a distraught voice on the phone?
Change can arrive like that
in an instant.
This is a reality in the vulnerability of life.
We all know this.
So maybe greeting the everyday familiar
is a good thing…
and waking up in the same landscape
is cause for celebration.
Perhaps remembering to be grateful
really does provide the way out…
Suddenly, Wisdom brings a perceptible lift
gifting a newness to the day.
© Cynthia Cady Stanton
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| Cynthia Cady Stanton |
Cynthia Cady Stanton is a woman with a deepening awareness of life and spirit, and a desire to share her spiritual understandings as a helpful, healing presence for others. She lives as a mom, wife, friend, sister, and grief counselor. Cynthia describes herself as "an accidental poet." She discovered her poetic voice four years ago while writing in a coffee shop. Since then, she has published hundreds of poems on her blog. Her voice offers reassurance and deeper understanding. She shares her writing to promote love, grace, mindfulness, and healing. Cynthia has been a featured contributor on Phoebe.com several times and had a poem nominated as Poem of the Month on Spillwords.com. You can find her poems here: becomingandbeholding.com.
