A coffee mug
with muted shades
of rose and mauve
holds the rich hope of beauty
as I press it to my chest
in the early light.

I look across the sea
into fog that hides China
and visit once-familiar cities
with comforting thoughts
in a mist of memory.

There is a place
in the heart
where a life is held
and everything desired
is freely given.

There is a moment
in some days
when all is soft and still
when time is a lover
and whatever is yet to come
will be kind.

~Jonathan Young