Devonne Brown

Time, health, a calm mind, slow mornings, the ability to travel, a home I love, and close relationships, is there more to life that I could need? 

How much time is granted to me? How much time do I need? Is it enough? I think so. I believe it will be enough to show the world what I can do and how much I can love. I believe my relationships will be as they should be. 

I don’t have a calm mind. I never have had. My mind has always been running a million miles an hour. I don’t see it stopping. Medication slows it down to a reasonable pace except at night when I lay me down to sleep. I understand the phrase in the night time prayer, “I pray the Lord my soul to take,” I remember every transgression, every wrong turn I’ve ever taken. My mind whirls like a circle in hell. Bouncing off its adamantine rock walls with the harpies pushing me around. No wonder the mornings are slow and grateful, happy to have arrived.

I drink my coffee with relish and write with the best of friends as often as I can. I wake dark and early from usually a dreamless sleep, my familiar cat always nearby in a home that’s comfortable and quiet for me. I slip into daylight with ease. I start the daylight in comfort. 

If I’m lucky, the prisms from my crystal in the window will dance across the room while I write in the morning. They herald in a good day, like angels singing on high. Rainbow shards of light dance across my walls, books, and pictures.

 I can’t help but love this place, especially with the Christmas tree glowing red with ornaments and light. I am in a good place, listening to the rain and wind outside the windows.