To wonder anew

Linda Mastro

To wake each day as if reborn
To sleep each night as if life is over
Then everything in between sleeping and waking
is a grateful gift, to be cherished
for its unexpected ordinariness
and praised for its sublime surprise.

No molecule is a mistake.
The simplest gesture changes the world.
- Give that smile freely
- Accept the hug generously
In the giving and in the taking
wonder anew, each, time,
at the grace bestowed in
the waking and the sleeping and the waking again.