Today I went to class
There were no desks or textbooks
No lesson plan or teacher
But I did have a backpack
Clothing for when I got cold
Food for when I got hungry
And a few other personal items to help me pass through the day
I woke up early
Because there is no extra credit to make up for missing morning light
Nature is most active during these beginning hours
Something I take note of
It feels like a celebration to a new day
And to be alive to witness it
Instead of staring at a clock wondering why it’s moving so slowly
I sit by a river and let time go
I wish the current well as it flows by me
I think of its beginnings high up in the mountains
To its destination into the Pacific
And the in-between
Like a winding stroke of an artist’s paint brush
Flora and fauna accompany this ever moving blue
Like complimentary colors bleeding from the water bank
It reminds me of how if I just start something
The rest will follow
To move at whatever speed the path provides
A river does not know when it will be received and swallowed up by the ocean
So it shares its journey and enjoys every bend, waterfall, lake, rapid and peaceful drift
It accepts every confluence
And lets go at every delta
It welcomes fish to swim within and birds to wade a top
It knows that in every moment there is a moment of learning and therefore a moment of love
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