Writing in Snow

Monday Poem and Gratitude List

Kamál (Perfection), 17 Sulṭán (Sovereignty) 175 B.E. - Monday, February 4, 2019

Thistledown1

Growth occurs in the silent hours
when the mind pauses to reflect
on the day's events.

My eyes focus on a white cloud
moving across the firmament.

I watch it change,
as sections are torn from the main mass
by the wind in the upper atmosphere;
I watch it become wisps of gossamer
against the blue sky.

That could is my illusions
ripped apart by the day's events
leaving behind thistledown
to be dispersed
by the reality of my actions.

Gratitude List For 17 Sulṭán

Today I am thankful...
         ...that my entry in The Prompt Me Contest Round 131 tied for fist place.
         ...for the Ding Dong I have to go with my coffee this morning.
         ...that my Bank of America checking account is not overdrawn today.
         ...for the candy cane I had for my afternoon snack.
         ...that I have 455 points in my survey spot account.

Submitted to "Spiritual Newsletter (January 30, 2019)"  In the Baha'i Faith the age of maturity is 15. At that time young people can declare their belief in Baha'u'llah, and begin participating in, between sunup and sundown, in the nineteen day fast.

Footnotes
1  I posted this in Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges From Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/2019/02/thistledown.html.