Keeping On

Well, if you knew the myriad things I would be doing today or even thinking about, you'd read no further. In lieu of telling you about them, then, I'll post a poem -- as always one that I flipped to randomly and that so perfectly addresses my day -- my moment -- both the disconnection and the reflection --

A Raincoat's Embrace

Well, you knew this had to happen:
that you would sit up in bed one night, thinking,
I feel like I have already left this world
And maybe you have. Or maybe not. In this life,
so little is revealed

But if you stand at the window long enough,
you can watch the bad hours peel themselves
back from the horizon and float away, as if
no one needs them anymore
In other houses, lights go on. Children are
awakened. Coffee is poured

In your house, the embrace of a raincoat
       brings back memories
An unexpected kiss finally explains itself
and you agree (we all agree) to soldier on

Eleanor Lerman