today is not Christmas

today is not New Years
today is not tomorrow

the clouds brought water last night
so little it could barely be called "rain"
but it is water

and the air is moist and
the sky is grey

we can walk outside and not see sunshine

today
is the day
to remember that
the sun is always shining

inside
us


thrilled that we are here
to know it is
here
watching us
be thrilled
about
its being thrilled

and this is supposed to be confusing
life isn't a road to Damascus

it's a swirl of stars
or leaves
or water
woken up inside us
just
once
just this
once
now

today
which is not Christmas

and
is
thrilled we are here

now