This Moment

By Howard Olivier

I’m smiling because
a million possible alternatives
which would have precluded
this moment we’re sharing
didn’t happen.
Safe passage through countless intersections
this week;
the absence of calamity
since breakfast;
a thousand breaths received in the last hour,
delivered right on time.
The tapestry of the present moment is
complete and continuously refreshed,
courageous, wholehearted, raw & alive.
Look – here it is, again!