Out walking
I ask myself
How do I look?
Aging white woman
short brown hair
sticking out
in odd directions
average height
casual dress, no makeup
body on the sturdy side
but I carry my years well
still functional
still smiling
and still mothering
endless children
But today
looking out
from inside my eyes
at the rainy hills
and the wet road
and the gentle people
it strikes me
It’s not how I look
that is important.
It’s that I look,
and how I do that looking.
That is the Fact
and the Act
that is Sacred and
Most Wonderful.
It’s not how I look
Out walking
I ask myself
How do I look?
Aging white woman
short brown hair
sticking out
in odd directions
average height
casual dress, no makeup
body on the sturdy side
but I carry my years well
still functional
still smiling
and still mothering
endless children
But today
looking out
from inside my eyes
at the rainy hills
and the wet road
and the gentle people
it strikes me
It’s not how I look
that is important.
It’s that I look,
and how I do that looking.
That is the Fact
and the Act
that is Sacred and
Most Wonderful.