Observations and Insights
on the Nature of Things
This monthly column features brief essays, poems, poetic micro essays and photography
by Eve West Bessier, Poet Laureate Emerita of Silver City and Grant County, New Mexico.
Look for a new post every first Friday.
Carpe Diem Leniter
Seize the Day Gently
Soon it will arrive,
that sweet moment
of clarity,
just before the twin spotted
spiny lizard sprints,
or just after,
his tail disappearing
under Apache grass.
I will witness it,
that distilled moment.
I will let it pass,
without residual
intention to do anything
in particular.
This morning,
the lizard avoids
the roadrunner’s beak
a small gift
in a hard-natured world.
Photo credit: Stock
