sometimes if your heart is heavy

and you wake even in the new

day tired and more than a little

melancholy,

 

if you look outside the window

all it can take is one whole flock of

seagulls responding to the same

inner conversation

 

and lift together as one

to soar, sun glistening on wings,

 

and your heart is reminded again

that it can rise as well.

 

and it does, and you do, too,

to face with a smile this fresh day

granted.

 

Heather Pound 2023

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