Yesterday’s ponytail

Is tied up with the bands of an easy morning

That doesn’t start until I want it to

And demands nothing of me as I drink my coffee

The cares of the week left unnoticed

Like the oil that will eventually need to be

Shampooed from my bed head,

After I’ve contemplated nothing

Sitting by the window and watching the sunshine

As it paints the landscape with its

Wide, beautiful brush of wonder.

Yes, yesterday’s ponytail can stay awhile today

Because rest is just as important as work

And wakeful dreaming is better than

Dreams in the night

And sitting in the stillness is lifegiving

For when it is time to get up from the chair.