Today, I will not call you “Tuesday.” 
I will not dress you in yesterday’s name. 

I will meet you with open palms, 
as if you are a bird newly landed, 
a river just beginning to flow. 

I will let gratitude be the breath that wakes me, 
and attention the prayer I offer in return. 

May I see with unclouded eyes, 
feel with unarmored heart, 
and walk this day 
as if it were the first— 

because it is.