A POEM FOR TODAY 

TEA, PEN, HEART, LIGHT

A proper cup of a tea and a pen

can prepare a heart for enlightenment.

A little sip, a flip of a page, a sliding

movement of the pen on paper, and soon

a powerful light illuminates not only

the breakfast room, but the broken parts

of your life so they live again,

and look whole, and help you see

the way ahead, how to take life

by the hand in a proper way,

how to bow as the light 
opens your eyes.