Downsizing (WC)

  

(Wendy Cabell, Originally from November 17, 2021, feast day of Our Lady of Zion (apparition to Alphonse Ratisbonne), Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint Hilda of Whitby (above; Saint Hilda also inspired Saint Caedmon), Saint Gregory of Neocaesarea, and Saint Gregory of Tours. The Jewish calendar today commemorates the completion of the Talmud. Image from here.)

Originally from 2021, revisited now in loving memory of my Mother

Downsizing

 The mind, a most willing vessel — overflowing.

   Trying not to be alarmed, escape this glitch unharmed 

     its lengthening string of diagnoses, disabilities — 

       Brain’s overload, it seeks some wiggle room. 

         Switch to hands, handy boundary

                                only so much they can hold. 

            Clasped currently in truce, bidding “Look! 

              how different it might be", and was:

               Just a child, out walking with Mom,

                  horizon real, its Sky forever

                    but only now in hand —

*From prompt: Freewrite as inspired after hearing Micha Hamel’s "Wandering Thoughts (During a Meeting)". From Lisa Freedman’s BreatheReadWrite, November 15, 2021.