the other day
looked at me
with a smile

i didn’t care then
and i don’t care now

(___)

please understand
i’m not ungrateful
at all
daily recognition
and appreciation
of this life
and its gift
is what sustains me

i just found the way

the peace of mind
body and spirit
that i now recognize
as a friendly by-product
of a child-like indifference

no
it’s not the bugaboo
that connotation might suggest

too often this special kind
of carelessness
is thought to be
the cause of so much
left undone
and simply that

again
au contraire

that smiling day
was followed by
another
and then another
but eventually

eventually the time
comes to die
hopefully
without warning
but
guess what?

(___)

Exactly

m(-_-)m