love today

it mattered not

friday

was forty shades of gray

my eyes perceived the gloom

but my heart knew nothing of it

 

descending a touchstone stairway

my balance provided

by hands of friendship

 

kindness extended

in an autographed copy

of a life’s work

 

help from your long-lost brother up north

should you ever need it

 

the family grows

 

comfort shared in a plate of sweet potato fries

 

happiness is the inevitable result

of good choices made

 

my being wells with peace

as i reach the bottom step

 

a message from a beautiful human

warming the cement

with chalked letters

the color of sunshine

 

the sweetest well wish

for every person

whose path brought them this way

 

for you to simply

 

LOVE TODAY