Gratitude, year II

Tonight, I am thankful
for family and friends
for calm West Village streets
for sudden chill and
imminent winter
for the approaching
glitter
and magic

for the break
from myself
and my incessant contemplation

for the promise of
adventure
on the horizon

for enough money
to live
and breathe
and sleep calmly
after all

Tonight
I am thankful
for Life
at all
and this life
in particular

for New York
and for the Word
that burns so brightly
so incessantly
in me

Tonight
I am thankful
For you.