There is no wind blowing today

it is late April and the spring flowers

are showing their true colours

I have done little as the day fades

but this is the sort of day I like to keep

strongly felt, discrete.

The evening meal was a melee

children fighting for attention

as they do

but I find these days

astonishing

a new life is on its way

and I feel

so very different from before.

My mind's no longer a ritual of dates,

when everyday's too early or too late,

no, I'm more at peace doing nothing but looking.