I spent some time reflecting today. I don’t get time like that very often, and so I cherish it all the more.

I wish you a lifetime of tasting enough, my friends.

Tasting Enough

Set wide the window
and I shall not wonder—

I will drink the day
and sip the evening—

I will listen 
with each swallow

how the weight of the world
feels in my mouth

like names and places
like memories 

that look away
that look ahead

layering the moments
one on top of the next.

Set wide the window 
so I can taste enough.

—Carla Jeanne Picklo Jordan