Grateful

for you.
for me.
for time and space.
for opportunity and failure and rising again.
for laughter.
for love (always for love).
for the riotous joy of the senses.
for those who have gone before.
for those who are to come.
for surprises and the lessons of the rut.

for the dark of night and glow of noon.

for every breath.

for the rut and surprises.
for those not yet dreamed into being.
for those who walked first.
for the mouth-watering smell of sycamore leaves.
for love (bidden and lost)
for sea-salt tears.
for every teacher.
for this moment and place.
for me.
for you.

See you on the path.

(c)2013 Laura S. Packer