Thursday, December 18, 2025

The Opening Heart

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starts with a walk

around the block


alone, within,


the in–out breath

rhythm of soles on pavement


scent of flowering trees

cut grass, fallen leaves


and a turn into the park

along the path


black birds circling overhead,

landing like exclamation marks


squirrels with comma tails

scurrying for scraps


a dog walker tugs the leash

a courtesy move to let me by


ricochet of playground laughter,

a cry and consolation


a child lifted feather-light

sips a parabola of water


a frisbee disc

slices the field’s plane


balls being batted back

over tennis court nets


thoughts float through

the heightened mind like wisps—


so much shared under this sky

and not a word.

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