And the World Got Larger
When I put my elbows on the table
rested my head on my hands
and stared at my coffee in the restaurant,
when Marisol came from behind the counter
to ask if I was okay,
when I told her my Mom had died;
when she silently set a vigil candle
in front of me, and lit it –
the world got larger and kinder.
When my neighbor Kelly found a way
into the vacant house across the street
and rescued the dog
who’d been whimpering for weeks –
the universe sang hallelujah
and the world got larger and kinder.
When Milagros in the grocery store
asked me what was the matter,
and I told her the carpenter down the street
who had my large deposit for months
still hadn’t started the desk I designed,
she said she knew a better place.
When she took off her apron
and walked me back to the carpenter
to receive my deposit back –
the wind blew hidden kisses
out to every being everywhere.
And the world got larger and kinder.
When Ceci came to my door
with a handmade gift soap for Christmas
and said Yo quiero mucho, Vecina,
I blinked in shock and then shed tears,
and the morning blossomed love
all out to farthest stars. And the world.
oh the world got larger and kinder.
©Susa Silvermarie 2025
Your posts have been hitting home with me the past few days. I realized that the writing is dated 2025 and that helps me because I don’t have a lot of “new work.” I berate myself for that. Yet I did a short reading a couple of weeks ago at a friend’s birthday— of older but not often read poems—and it made me so happy. I said to my worried inner inner artist; don’t worry, honey, you’ve still got it!”
This one brought tears to my eyes.
I got chills reading this. Powerful. Powerful.
Beautiful picture!