Be

Sometimes the only place,

the only way,

the only choice, you see,

is 

    just 

        to 

            BE.

Be here, where distant dreams

are barely visible,

I am. 

That's it.

Present and content

within the skin that drapes my bones

and seems to sag more when

I'm all alone 

but doesn't.

Here.

A drink of water

bite to eat,

a post to like,

just tackling life 

a second 

at a time.

Here.

Sometimes it's all that I can do.

But all that I can manage

in the moment

is enough.

(c) Ellen Gillette, 2025