Enough

 

“You don’t have to believe in God. 

You just need to believe that you are not God.” 

Now that is a quote I can get my arms around. 

Although I do believe in God,

I definitely do not believe I am God. 

I do not believe I am God-like. 

In fact, I believe we are all equals,

 including those animals and plants outside my window.

That doesn’t mean we are the same. 

It just means we all have an equal right to life 

Rain and wind blew over Resurrection Lilies today, 

surprises more like amaryllis than lily 

leaning into grass on broad brittle stems 

like salmon bones breaking under teeth.

I know about those salmon bones 

because my father loved salmon loaf and salmon cakes, 

meals built from a can of pink and brown  

reaching “enough” with bread or flour and egg.