letters and lattes

Blessed are those
Who feel the weight
Of the world upon their shoulders
And feel the grass
Under their feet.
May the summer
Bring more of the latter.

Blessed are those 
Who may have forgotten
The message lost
In the oft misquoted 
‘This one wild and precious life’
Is not
         to lose ourselves
         to productivity 
But - to wonder.

For life is more
Than the weight
You carry. 

May we remember 
         To wonder
May we remember
         The easy yoke 
May the summer
Last in our hearts 
All the year long.

May we all
Thank God for summer 
         And I —
Thank God for you.