I wake up to find

a few aches and pains

have followed me into the new day

a stiff joint, an odd discomfort,

from origins unknown

 

I try to connect the unwanted guests

with, perhaps, foolish exertions

from the day before

that may have caused them

 

Still, I am grateful

for the parts of my body,

entities really, as I have come to know them,

that give me no trouble this day

 

Thankful that they allow me to be here

to see you again in morning’s early light

and find the blue in your eyes

that always welcomes me there