“HOW”
By Kathryn Atkins, Long Beach Branch
How a long time can be short.
How looking forward quickly becomes looking back.
How travel makes us grow.
How packing helps us know
How little we need. Indeed.
How a budget helps us “unspend.”
How fear–that monster!— stifles.
How close we are to dying.
How better we can be at living.
How long we are on hoping.
How short we are on calm.
How good we can be forever.
How forever’s better together.