moments of light

Opening the blinds

So the sun can hug every inch of the house

Golden fingers stretching across wooden floors

Warming forgotten corners

Making dust motes dance like constellations

The puzzle waits—

Scattered pieces of a larger truth

The harder the challenge

The sweeter the solving

Each connection a small victory

Then Boony arrives

 Like morning itself

 Bearing olive bread like an offering

 Those small green fruits

 Ancient as prayer

 Holy as scripture

 Written in Mediterranean dreams

  Each bite a blessing

The computer hums

 Patient histories waiting

 Stories of pain and healing

 While beside them

 A pink cup cradles peppermint tea

 Steam rising like whispered comfort

 Promising peace

And there's Boony

In the kitchen's warm heart

Wrestling with recipes

Trying to conjure my comfort dish

The one that tastes like mama's love

 Her cooking may be hazardous

 But her heart—

 Oh, her heart is perfect

Later, a floral bath beckons

Essential oils float like liquid stars

Lavender, rose, chamomile

Magical elixirs that know

Every curve and hollow

Of this tired body

Each drop a healing spell

Each breath a restoration

The day unfolds

Like a flower

Opening petal by petal

To reveal its sweetness