ten still left

one: songs
little bits of ideas
a chord progression
a couplet of lyric
a riff
maybe only a concept
somedays the bits
can get put together
sometimes what was crap yesterday
sounds gold today
its a blessing
its a curse
its part of me

two: reading
always the next book to get to
finally got to newmans apologia pro vita sua
tough read
but infinitely helpful
gotta finish the brothers karamazov too
but russian authors . . . 
then there's cooking n sport n philosophy n art n history
n fiction n poetry 
and maybe even a holy text or three
if only I didn't need to sleep . . . 

three: praying
never really off the list
even on a bad day
not quite sure what i mean by praying these days
but a bit of divine contact
silence
solitude
write the blog
some slow psalms
seems to make a difference

four: the desk
doesn't matter
whether home nor work
the time of the day
the liturgical or chronological season
the desk is still
messy
bits here
bits there
bills deliberately lost
letters left unfinished
notes to self now indecipherable
kids art
prayer books
cd's
photos
lovely diaries still unused
newspaper clipping
novels
stuff everywhere
but it is
homely!

five: the littlies
the prince
the poet
need time
need attention
need me to be a friend
but need me more to be a parent
need me to love
and to teach
to hope 
n to be with them
to show them wot i have learnt
provide a place for them to grow
give them honesty
give them a place to be
teach them to think
teach them compassion
teach them to view the world
with a humorous eye
teach them to play n to work n to sing n to celebrate
to cook n clean n take time
this unending parenthood journey

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