I Continue To Continue

To remember to never rush winter

Black and white portrait of Lucille Clifton sitting outside with a clock necklace resting at the core of her torso.

I Am Not Done Yet

as possible as yeast
as imminent as bread
a collection of safe habits
a collection of cares
less certain than i seem
more certain than i was
a changed changer
i continue to continue
what i have been
most of my lives is
where i’m going

— Lucille Clifton
Published in Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980, 1987

As Possible As Yeast 

As imminent as bread¹. This is a mirror to self.

A series of sticky notes I will leave on the walls inside my body. To remember the trees outside the window of my writing room make more than I can imagine, possible. To remember no matter how much I self-isolate, love is waiting for me. To remember whenever overwhelmed in the messy room of my mind I can find my forgotten basket made of sweetgrass I braided years ago and one by one pick my faith up off the floor, fold my worry and tuck it away, collect my fears, reassemble my saf…