A Beautiful Day Spent

Grace

by Alice Walker

grace

gives me a day

too beautiful

I had thought

to stay indoors

& yet

washing my dishes

straightening

my shelves

finally

throwing out

the wilted

onions

shrunken garlic

cloves

I discover

I am happy

to be inside

looking out.

This, I think,

is wealth.

Just this choosing

of how

a beautiful day

is spent.

by Alice Walker

- Photo by Mario Dobelmann on Unsplash