moment to moment

 

after the restlessness of early morning

fire stoked

coffee made

we rejoin in bed

hot cups

warm blankets

cat curled between my ankles

dog curled against my leg

man at my side reading poetry aloud

i want to freeze this moment

to stay here

this way

forever

but nothing stops

there is no fixed point

we cannot hold on to any of it

even the present is moving

everything

ever changing

moment

to moment

to moment

the flick of an ear

stretch of a paw

turn of a page

the rise and fall

of my own breath

the sun climbs up through the trees

and the coffee grows cold

these are the most precious things

there is only this

this

moment

to moment

to moment