In this
a new year
wonder
taking front seat
replacing complacent
and the need to see above
and beyond
the present moment
head bobbing
list making
and the calculating
put aside
packed up with the ornaments
and stashed
instead finding
wonder
a new year thing to do
in the right now
in the everyday
in the ordinary
and in the difficult
because
a new day beckoning
with ice crystal patterns
ubiquitous and lovely
on the windowpane and
outside
exquisite shades
of dawn
briefly unfurling across
the sky
abruptly returning again
to winter grays
and in the eerie quiet
of a walk out in the early
cold tincturing a face
hands shoved deep in pockets
against the wintry raw
where now
newly unveiled sculpture
giant ones bent and gnarled
others small and delicate
the lush green bunting
gone
from another season
knobby arms reaching
and delicate fingers
scraping
the silver ceiling
beauty tumbling forward
enfolding life
like a rich batter in a bowl
yet unfinished
because each moment
in this torn and broken world
filled with a beauty
indescribable
and grace
saturating our souls
saying yes
to this Creator God
trusting what is
and what isn't yet
and choosing
wonder
because the sacred
is writing beauty
all over our lives
