Simple Gift

Imagine
that life is simple.

The shade of a tree
gives us the footprint
of comfort and light.

We weave our lives together
in so much joy it is hard
to know what it might be
to go on without the others.

Pluck that peach off the tree
and sample the sweetness
so that you might know
it is good and right
to enjoy the taste.

Pleasure
floods the mouth,
and all the senses,
for a moment

and then
is gone.

Like the harvest,

winter not far away,

rejoice

and know
what it is to examine
this

simple

gift

of

time.