Forgotten Gratefulness

FORGOTTEN GRATEFULNESS

Gratefulness.

I’ve forgotten about gratefulness.

I’ve been standing in front of a full cupboard, starving.

Starving for joy,

My heart drying up into a hard, shrivelled knob,

Weakening to a limp, wilting shoot.

Gratefulness.

I’ve forgotten that joy

Is there for the taking,

That it is around me

All the time.

Gratefulness.

What shall today’s litany be?

I am grateful for, today:

I am grateful for today.

My celadon green mug.

Soft thick yarn.

The blanket.

The view (always the ...