After Visits

Comfy couch in downstairs living room/kitchen of my place.

After Visits

6/10/11

There's always a readjustment

when friends come around,

if out of town

sleeping on comfy couch,

or me traveling elsewhere

like Mom's Sonoma home

where routine is disrupted

in small, large ways

depending urgency of circumstances,

becoming opportunity to adapt

finding new perspective within

the distinctly different rhythms

of unfamiliar day dawning,

bringing question 'What's needed

and wants to happen?'

that urges 'dropping in'

to importance surfacing now

as first, foremost priority

forgetting thoughts of plans

made days, weeks before,

once interlude is over

space appears for reflection,

incorporating any surprising insights

gleaned from time spent

with loved ones, fully

savoring experience after visits.