Ignore the Memos

A path to miracles

Photo by MPM, mid-August in WA

Ignore the Memos

The one that tells you: it’s too late,
the deadline is passed
it’s done

The one that tells you: it’ll never work,
not possible
no way

The one that tells you: you’re dried up,
finished
kaput

The one that tells you: don’t bother,
fait accompli,
game over.

Well-intentioned memos
sent by well-intentioned folk, allegedly.
Just being “realistic,”
these sensible ones,
looking out for your own good.
Oh, and sometimes theirs.

Ignore them all.

Witness, instead,
the long shot,
the underdog,
the come-from-behind victory;

attend to
unheralded self-healing,
spontaneous remission,
the cure of what was deemed incurable;

stop and stare at
the improbable late-summer rugosa,
one single rose blossoming
amongst wizened fruit.

See all of these with your own eyes, then

cast aside the memos,
bathe in the impossible,
and believe

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M