Usual Things

Today the sun came up in the usual way
As the world lightened
Everything around seemed about the same
Carefully nature’s common events
Came to pass
Breezes blew their soft fingers
Against sheer curtains
Clouds made their airy journey
Across early autumn skies
Birds began their melodic work
Using the same refrains learned
Over centuries
Grass continued growing and fall flowers
Cast up their familiar blooms
All the creatures of this realm performed the
Necessary tasks of their existence

You didn’t need to continue to love me
And yet you did.