Another Day

Another Day
by Diana Meltsner

​Yet again a new day has come.
Is this the moment to rise?
Is it now, the time 
to slip out of the covers and enter 
the uncertainty of the new day?

Let me start this day with 
joyful silence so focused and present
just like the bird
joining the rays of the sun each day with 
rhythm of a song.

Let me meet this day with 
grace and wonder, not looking away.
Is that enough? Living this life 
with open eyes and 
ever so aching heart enough?

When the evening comes,
will I know if I’ve lived enough?
I don’t know if there is a plan or 
if I pray enough,
all I know  I live another day.

​8/2021