A Day in November

Homeward bound.

Can’t recall one thing I did well today,

      in my practice of medicine.

I will do better. Next time.

I arrive.

A thin maple stands in the yard,

     brown leaves clinging to brittle branches.

     Encircling it, dormant plants

        with flowers tucked in away from the cold.

A reminder—

sometimes, just being

is enough.

-Joni Hemond, MD