one small Day (21 September)

this one Day

has too many

special commemorations

and celebrations to bear

on its ordinary shoulders

International Day of Peace

National Pepperoni Pizza Day

Last Day of Summer

(always venerated

to the pumping pulse

and irresistible groove

of Earth Wind & Fire)

and the anniversary

of the death of one

of our greatest

contemplative minds

and compassionate hearts

and passionate advocates

(and one of the two

pillars of my spiritual

and literary Trinity)

how can one small Day

hold its own

under such extreme

psychic and spiritual weight?

i suppose

the same way

each small Day does:

by offering the Gift

of simply Being itself

and not expecting

anything beyond the Present

which opens the portal

to the immortal Strength

that can uphold expectations

by ignoring them

and unveil the ordinary

pathway to the Extraordinary

revealed in Cosmic-hearted

and clay-footed Saints

and elementally transcendent Rhythms

and unearthly delicious Provisions

and impossible visions

of perfect Peace.

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