Decisions

some decisions come quickly
announcing themselves
welcome guests

other decisions, i have learned
are slow accretions
grain by grain of sand--
thought layered on thought--
brought in by the water
as it takes its journey elsewhere

discernment, he called it
an incremental purification
of vision

All I Need

the half-light of morning
from a grey-white sky
falls on my windowsill,
floats into my room

i am alive
i witness this moment
absolutely unique in all of time

this is why i am alive

was i fretting overmuch:
which job? which school? what to do?
the rest of my life
hanging in the balance?

i had forgotten (only briefly)
that i have a dear heart
and eyes that see beauty
and a beautiful mind---

all i will ever need

Paradise Lost, Book III, Line 575

By centre, or eccentric, hard to tell.