Cleaning and swimming

That is all that I have to do today.
I'm not going to appeal to friendship
it doesn't have to see me to be there.

That is what I'm going to believe today.

That higher cause can also wait.
High causes are known for their patience.

Today I don't have to stand on a roof and sing,
I don't have to be the unsolicited angel of the city.

I'm going to think a little about my mother
how much she loves me.

That is what I am going to believe today.

I know there is a dog
with folded ears like beech leafs.

I know there are dandelion seeds 
being carried by the wind.

Somewhere there is a guy playing guitar.
Somewhere the sun is bleeding out.

I don't have to see it today.