Every Step

I can mind each step  
Marry my breath to it  
Raise my eyes  
To the rarest beauty  
That can only be seen  
Now  

The harmony of my bones  
Animated  
By circumspect  
Innocence  
Carries me forward  
In grace  

I comfort the future  
As it clamors  
For my attention  
All will be well  
Because  
All will be  

I forgive the past  
With compassion  
For unlike me  
Unlike now  
It cannot change  

Noting birdsong  
Life-filled leaves  
Sweet air  
Breath  
I live  
Every Step

-- Tom Rubenoff