Gifted

Let go of expectations

and everything comes as a gift.

I choose unconditional love

from the list of intentions

and breathe it

in and out.

Abundance slips in;

breathe in abundance,

breathe out love,

breathe in love,

breathe out abundance.

Is one different than the other?

I breathe out gratitude,

breathe in forgiveness,

breathe out peace,

breathe in harmony,

and always it feels 

I am tossing the coin;

two sides are one,

any two sides,

love, peace,

gratitude, joy,

forgiveness, abundance.

It goes out.

It comes back.

I open my eyes

to the clear gray sky

and see a bird light

on a distant redwood,

bouncing, 

balancing on the very top.

I breathe in

and out,

watching the speck of bird

until he flies.

Now as I breathe

the sky blues

and the sun kisses

the place where

the bird has been,

my heart grateful

for these first gifts

on this ordinary

extraordinary 

Tuesday.