By Carey Nordstrand
Center me
In this maelstrom
Center me so I can see
All that I need to be
I used to walk around thinking
That I could be the one
To solve it all
But I can barely solve
What to do with this very morning
With this every morning
With this every minute
This minutest of moments
This edge of forever
It has within it
All the swirling chaotic madness
That might at any of these moments
Take my head right off
It has within it Also
This beaming light This Pozo Blue Blossom
Alone and first like a magical space station
Landed here in the brightest clearest headed place
A mother could ever ask for
Atop a spindly elegant fount
Of the freshest coastal mountain dreams
Recenter me in this maelstrom
Again
And again
And again
And again
And again
Recenter me
So you can clearly see now
Much more of what I need
So you can guide me
And chide me
Ultimately just abide me
You me together
Walking forever
Each other home
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