Diana Darby ** "I V" ** Intravenous

Good Company

There is nothing to do
but sit and write.
No one needs me today.
There is no crisis that I must run to.
No medical emergency that needs my attention.
No fight that has escalated to hitting and screams.
No phone ringing with accusations.
There is only silence.
It is a silence I am unaccustomed to.
It is a silence that leaves me wanting to run
and find a crisis
to fix.
I find myself reaching for phones and dishes
and trips out in to the cold that don’t really need to be made.
I find myself wanting to interject myself into the fray,
to pick up another’s worry,
to stir something up,
when all I need to do is sit
quietly
and watch the leaves fall.
I have been given the gifts of time and quiet and peace.
I pray I use them well.