Enough

~ ENOUGH ~

‘ENOUGH’ has become my mantra

Enough! I tell myself when the gloomies wander in

when quiet is too quiet and telephones don’t ring

I look up from the novel I’m so deeply burrowed

in and remind myself I can’t have everything

but what I do have is enough

When memories remind me of all that is now lost

I look around in comfort and recall, I have enough

If sadness creeps and solitude leans to the edge of lonely

I think of those with little and am thankful
I have enough

I may wish for what once was yet can no longer be

I may reach for all that blossomed in the past

yet reaching, see a bud - soft and full of life

I watch as day by day she quietly unfolds

I'll nurture her

rejoicing in the beauty of her blossom

I've learned the past is gone

the present a new gift to open

I know it is enough

JoMae

2/14/19