In The Quiet

In the Quiet moments

Of the morning

When everyone was gone

The children to school

My husband to work

And the house was silent

I sat and reflected on my life

Where I am at,

What I am doing.

Initially

All the loud thoughts came

You should do this

Or you should do that

The house is in a mess

There are clothes to iron

And on and on.

Then somewhere deep down

A little thought was heard

It was only a little thought

But when I listened for it

I could not hear the others

“You’re doing fine” it said

“You’re doing fine”

Then the little thought

Grew and grew

And when it reached

My fingers

And the tips of my toes

I knew

It had always been there

But I had never listened

Hard enough.