This Moment

i hug my cup in both hands as the steam rises from my tea


i look outside my window and i see life


intense green on the hillsides after the rain


flowers in their first fledgling stages of bloom


birds darting to and fro on missions only they can understand


not at all shy about expressing their happiness for all the world to hear


and cavorting with abandon as they take turns plunging into my birdbath


i sat down here thinking i would make a list of things to do


and didn't realize that this is what i want to do