Beautiful Excuses

​Do we really need 
excuses 
to pause 
and recognize beauty? 
No matter. 
It’s here 
whether we notice.
In full view 
of our distracted 
eyes and mind. 
An available refuge,
amid anxious chatter
to center us, 
a clarion amid the mud 
to awaken our 
slumbering souls.
Requiring so little:
rapt attention, focus
beyond our selves,
the sincerity of a moment’s
genuine engagement,
briefly excusing time. 
She offers unnameable rewards.
Simple yet profound, 
all around 
accessible, yet 
all too rarely accessed.
Like love. 
 


Alley Puddle, March 25, 2020

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