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© by Maya Stein

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Sunday, September 04, 2005

the commitments













here's a list of what i can commit to this week:
upending a coffee mug somewhere inopportune;
forgetting the time or a promised errand;
silent fury at the both the news
and my not knowing enough;
impatience with slow drivers, the weather,
and my body;
indiscriminate moments of sadness;
a fear of the smaller, unsatisfactory failures
which may or may not be related to my upbringing;
and the occasional worry that i
may not be doing what i should.

but also what i know is this:
there will be an earnest attempt
to make biscuits;
i will take my vitamins;
i will read a good book;
i will ignore the grey;
i will stretch before sleep;
i will appreciate ice water;
i will not ignore the moon;
i will carry my weight;
i will recycle
to the best of my ability;
i will say something
i absolutely mean;
and each night i will fall to sleep,
in irrepressible gratitude
with your arms around me.

2 comments:

Dale said...

Gah! The spammers got you. Blogger has an easy way of preventing these -- people just have to type in a word they see -- and I've heard it's easy to set up, just a matter of tweaking preferences somewhere.

Your commitments sound uncannily like mine :-)

Anna said...

You've succinctly summed up my daily balancing act.