Day 1: Who Are You?

I have decided to participate in the Scintilla Project which is providing daily prompts for a two week period.

Prompt #1 asks Who Are You?

Tonight, 

I am tired

from fighting a cold,

from a long day at work

and a long commute.

Tonight

I am curled on the couch

under a chocolate colored

fleece blanket

with my laptop,

sudoku puzzles,

my poetry writing journal

and Mary Oliver's

Poetry Handbook.

Tonight 

I did the grocery shopping

on my way home from work.

I was too tired to cook

so I had a bowl of

Frosted Flakes

while I read

the Christian Science Monitor.

Tonight

my daughter called

to tell me about 

the boy she asked 

to the Sadie's dance;

about how he's sweet

sometimes

and indifferent other times.

He is the first boy

who hasn't fallen for her.

So she wants him more.

Smart boy.

Tonight

I will bring the dogs

into our bedroom.

I will tell Sedona that

she is beautiful while I

rub her belly.

She will groan when she 

lowers her old bones onto

her bed.

Kersey will wiggle in circles

around us

carrying an old slipper 

in her mouth.

Tonight

I will crawl into bed

and snuggle my back up against

Brett's warm body.

The sheets will lose their chill and

I will drift off to sleep;

peaceful and deep at first,

then interrupted by a hot flash

-- or two or three.

Tonight

will become tomorrow;

I will awaken and arise

in the chill morning air.

The day will welcome me

with birdsong and light.

I will breathe deeply

the mountain air,

crisp and clean.