I’d like to think I am above

assessing my value by world

standards of worth

money-

time-

spent.

I am no different.

I was born to this and 20,235 days

485, 649 hours-

that’s half a million!

and bank accounts with my name to

twelve at one time or another

difficult it is to

break from this money mindset

this value in currency and time.

Truth spoke to me just now.

dogs head on lap spring leaves blowing shadows across the deck boards (dappled light makes sense now) the neighbors mower humming over the tall grass (the drone of bees an association I comprehend in this noise)

this.

We wait attentively for this and here I am

in it

it’s like peace but bigger like joy but clearer

is this love

is this freedom

is this a current more worthy of counting

on?