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The Last Day of 2020

This year my world grew smaller
Whilst my health grew stronger
Time to sense the air
Stare out at open sea
The waves’ rhythm is sensation inside my skin
Intention to connection
As the wide world opens up in my spirit

Thoughts crystallize
Like a layer of frost on the red berry
And the variety of the weather of my desires
Merge into a single raindrop
The many threads of the spider’s web
Honed to become one smooth stone

What I choose to do is as unimportant as
Which song the blackbird sings
How many times the dog barks
Which leg the cat washes first
The woodland path, the desert trail,
The mountain climb, the meadow track
All lead to the homestead with a fire burning in its hearth

This year my world grew bigger
Whilst my health grew better
Unhooking my soul from the thinking mind
I take my raincoat down from its peg
Put it on
And go out into this miraculous world

Sarah Caddick
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