Contentment

All of my dear ones

off in pursuit

of their various missions,

separately or together,

doing good

or doing well

or doing both.

I wrote 500 words

today. In pencil.

Skated on hard ice

while winter froze my toes,

but left the rest of me untouched.

Rode el trains back and forth.

Gazed at the glowing sky.

Considered the teeming city.

Ate well. Pulled the shades,

shutting out the dark.

Cozy in here now.