Little Things

The challenge is to think outside the virus and write of significant little things in our lives. Here’s two.

A Simple Thing

I grew up in a little country village,

surrounded by God. 

It just looked like 

several small town taverns.

Taking My a Time

There’s this little book,

the title is Zen Seeds,

given to me by a monk,

and it’s all anyone needs.

She told me not to rush,

to not be too greedy,

just a page now and then,

no need to feel needy.

So I read that book,

every word, some with tears,

all one-hundred-plus pages.

It took me nine years