Tracking the Beauty

TRACKS. WOULD I HAVE SEEN THESE A FEW WEEKS AGO? 

WOULD I HAVE EVEN TAKEN THE TIME TO LOOK DOWN …LET ALONE TO GO FOR A SIMPLE WALK? 

THERE HAVE BEEN PATTERNS IN MY LIFE.  DAYS FULL. SCHEDULES TO KEEP.  TIME ORDERED AND EXPECTED. 

BUT NOW LIFE HAS CHANGED. THE WORLD HAS CHANGED.  AND PERHAPS FOR THE GOOD IN SOME WAYS…( MANY WAYS?) 

MY WORLD IS SLOWER . MY TIME : MY OWN.  AND I BREATHE IN THE COLD, WINTER AIR AND FEEL THE CARESSING SUN ON MY FACE.  AND IT IS NOT ALL BAD HERE. 

I SEE THE TRACKS OF MANY CARS , PEOPLE, AND EVEN ANIMALS AS I WALK.  BUT I SEE NO ONE NEAR.  BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ISOLATE NOW.  AND IT IS NOT ALL BAD.

THE NEWS IS TERRIFYING :  ILLNESS. DEATH.  WE ARE ALL SO CONNECTED, SO AWARE. 

SO I LOOK TO TRACK THE GOOD.  AND I AM THANKFUL FOR SO MUCH.  THANKFUL I AM ABLE TO WALK BESIDE MY HUSBAND ON THIS DAY.  THANKFUL TO SEE THE BEAUTY AROUND ME FROM THE CHIRPING OF THE BIRDS AWAITING SPRING WEATHER TO THE ICICLES DRIPPING AWAY THEIR WINTER COATS. PATTERNS IN THE SNOW. AND NEW PATTERNS BEING CREATED IN MY NEW NORMAL. 

AND WE WALK HOME.  AND THAT IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE.