Loving every minute of it.

So, yet again, it's been almost forever since I've written here.  But, let's not dwell on that.  Let's focus on what's here, okay?  Okay.  So, I wrote this several weeks ago, maybe over a month ago, and I was waiting to post it until I felt like it was finished.  It's probably not finished, but, then again, it might be.  But it's finished enough.  Anyway, part of my focus on finding things to love and admire and awe means having to find worthy things amongst seemingly little things, so, with that, I've been trying to focus on those little things.  When you're busy living and don't have what we might call great moments or noteworthy experiences, it's important to enjoy the present moment for whatever it is.  I know this is a sentiment that has been expressed numerous times, but here's one more:

This Moment

The sun slumps behind the wall by the road
but stands still in my clothes
with the warmth of my walk.
The sweet stink of tobacco blooms in the heat,
and I want to be home in the cool dark
of my open rooms.  And, there, in that
want, I miss this moment:
the meager gravity of a cigarette
pausing at my lips
so I can pass the bags from one hand another,
the strain in my hips from the lopsided weight,
the calming cover of incidental light.

And now, home, now
is the time to enjoy the dark and cool,
the shedding of my sweater and shoes,
the movement of the air and the open door,
the cold water as it runs over my hands
and spills onto the grapes,
the firmness of their flesh
and the burst of dry sweetness
as my teeth feel and flex
and then break the skin --
tiny rewards for tiny efforts.