repair

repair

we forgot
not all at once
but little by little

we became distracted
by the shimmering things

forgot how to listen
how to thank
how to tend

and somewhere along the way
the cord thinned

not broken
just threadbare

still humming
beneath the noise

repair begins
the way all true things do

with pausing
with noticing
with a single step

a gentler life
a softer hand
a quiet yes

not to perfection
but to relationship

to earth
to each other
to ourselves