Some days the world feels soft
Today the world feels soft
The wooden bench
Polished and smooth
Forgotten and used
Today the world feels soft
Cotton wrapped arms
Convey and ignite
Gesture and delight
Today the world feels soft
Gentle, electric words
Hang lanterns in the hall
Shrink fear. Look: how small!
Today the world feels soft
Jazz currents above heads
Lead this way and that
Stir the air with their rat-tat-tat
TODAY!
Today the world feels soft!
Did you notice the television sets
Lit early in the morn
Did you hear the rain fall
Late last night
Did you know when the world
Feels sharp and rugged
And rude
When sensations pierce
And neighbors shriek
When you’re dropped
From the sky
And the ladder in the alleyway
Is too far to reach –
Even then –
Did you know when the
World spits you out
When it swallows you whole
When the world feels like sandpaper
You can be sand?
Your body and your
Soul and your words
And your hands and
Your grit
Yes, your grit
These things and more
You,
Small blade of grass
Whisper in the wind
Fine morning mist,
You may still be soft