I don't know why,
but I've always loved
little things that make me want
to stay a little longer.
The sky just before sunset,
The tiny lights in someone's window,
A moon sitting quietly in the dark,
The kind of evening that feels like a deep breath.
I tried painting some of these things,
thinking how lovely it would be
to sit somewhere like this,
watching the sky change,
with nowhere i need to be
and nothing weighing on my mind..
I think I'd be happy with
a life that has a little more of this in it.
Slow evenings, familiar corners,
warm lights when the sky gets dark.
Nothing extraordinary,
just the kind of ordinary
that makes you quietly
grateful to be there.
I guess that's what I mean
when I say this is my kind of beauty.
Not something I need to own or
somewhere I need to go.
Just a feeling I hope life
lets me experience a little more often.
