"Can we unwrap from ourselves..."

...a poem

Photo Mary Scholz. Used by permission.

Can we unwrap 
from ourselves
the words 
and the reasons 
and the habits, 
and the routines 
of thought or feeling 
that we swaddle ourselves in,
like over-bundled children 
on cold winter days?

Can we notice the change 
of seasons reaching out to us 
and then open ourselves up 
to this new kind of warmth? 

How many collars 
need loosening?
How many toes wiggling free?
How many brain buttons 
dare we undo? 
How many revealing breaths 
can we count in silence?

Now look:
notice this light 
that fills the space
between us and the trees, 
and between the trees and sky 
and between the water  
and a special place
inside us 
as we gaze upon it.
 
Isn’t it all worth it?

Photo Cliff Scholz