Facing Otherwise - With Gratefulness To Jane Kenyon

I got out of bed
and thought of Jane
and her two strong legs
and her life and
her otherwise

I thought of the poet
who introduced me to Jane
a young woman I met
at a workshop, and dated
and then it was otherwise

I'm thinking of this screen
I'm blessed to be sitting here
sharing poetry with you
in my air conditioned bliss
One day it will be otherwise

(To see the Jane Kenyon poem that inspired this, Otherwise, click on the link.)