Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Far Away and Above

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Far Away and Above

If you don't have any
expectations, everything's
a surprise, and the crowd
of disappointments gets
thinned considerably.

So I'm using a day
off as a day off
from expectation.

Just breathing
is an accomplishment--
vital, in fact.

Far away and above,
a light airplane
buzzes in the
ear of the sky.
I hadn't
expected that.


Copyright 2011 Hans Ostrom

"Intellect," by Ralph Waldo Emerson