4:30 am
4:30 am meditation 
Before two long days 
Of client work 
In New York City 
Soon
Headed for the train 
The weight of the day 
Tightening my brow
Yet silence 
Of meditation 
Wraps me 
Like a cloak
And from thankfulness 
For this life 
Exactly as it is 
Emerges peace and ease
 
                        