TAKEN FOR GRANTED

My heath, my wealth, the air we breathe -

that my octogenarian heart still pounds away,

as long as it needs or will.

That beloveds in archetypal alter-zones still exist;

the sun spinning through busy space

at 392,000mph, non-locational

at the galaxies outer rim;

and every inch of earth is sacred

• despite our depredations.

What’s the difference between Now

and Then?

The same continuum and consciousness!

With the years, mayhap, a wincy bit of awe, humility:

remembering the exuberance and joy

of knowing virtually nix!

Out of darkness grows Light:

its primary thrust of egoic folly and greed, 

clutching, reaching out for who knows - Necessities’ What.

It may find Something!

 - softened, weathered, empathic

rock and bone strong but bendy;

worm, wasp or treey-wise

with roots, seeds timely, profligate.

Mostly silent - like stars and space singing, brim with photons:

  the way the dark cries for company

…what’s the difference between Then and Now?

A heart-beat, a shimmer of light,

a raindrop 

 or the wild frailty and beauty

of resilience and kindliness..