GARAGE DOOR

Sometimes

we don’t have to

look too far

to see phenomena.

Sometimes

all we have to do

is open

our garage door

and there it is.

And yes, the world

may go dark

for an Oregon minute,

and the birds

may go quite,

but then there will be

a gasp, a swell, a mighty roar,

bigger than any ocean.

This is the sound,

the music,

of awe and wonder,

in which we remember

what a miracle

this world

actually is,

and are reminded of a power

greater than the Camry

in our carport.

Our eyes

open like this,

like garage doors.

Every morning

they do.

Whose to say

we can’t experience

phenomena daily?

There is

no reason

on earth

we need

to wait

years or millennia

to experience

astonishment.

We only have to

access the Genie within

to open to

the magic of our lives.

Don’t let

this reality, in its totality,

elude or eclipse you.