Dropping In

Melt a couple couple of cups
of kindness and brush them on
something like the crunch of popcorn
or maybe the years you have spent
trying to find your center.
That place where you smile
unexpectedly and with so much
confidence that you are pointed
in the direction of more smiling.

It is a simple as a Saturday night
at the movies
to make a contract for happiness
with yourself.

Wake up
smell the energy
of love
and breathe
more freely
than you ever have.

It is a choice
to find joy
tucked in your hand
like the warm body
of a lover
enfolded next to your belly.

Don't breathe because you are following habit.
Follow the breath because you know it is the path
to waking up in the company
of so many enlightened souls.

The way to get there
is to just let go
and drop
into joy.