Into Memory

by Julia Tripp

There are times, moments really,
when Life, just as it is,
is Enough.

Sometimes, despite massive reorganization,
patient manipulation, it just doesn't work.
And even when predicted outcomes
materialize,
they don’t feel right.

Yet, there is satisfaction
in the thunk of firewood
as it's stacked;
in standing outside the school, waiting
like always, as promised;
in a goodnight kiss.

In these moments I would not
trade places with all I have believed
I could be.
All that I have is right now,
in this moment,
captured by awareness
into Memory.