Porchlight

Porchlight 

Ella glimpsed the 
neighbor's light

across backyard fences

in her evenings..

A small back porch light

shining and welcoming 

to her bedtime eye..

A comfort she said

living alone as she did

after Dad's departure..
A small light
for her and for us
one of many lights 
we cross in our lives
directing our attention
to a luminous Awareness:
what she Is
what we Are...

(My mother, Ella, passed 
away in 2000...)