Lynn Rather

[what if I told you]

what if I told you
it shines inside everything
 
there’s no secret to living
every day is enough
ask the tree frogs, the foxglove
what they need to understand
 
across the world
bar-headed geese fly over
the Himalayas
a woman washes her clothes in a river
a pathway disappears
 
across the universe
of black holes and bumblebees
we spin in an infinity
disguised as daily life

---

Lynn Rather lived in Michigan with her cats, rocks, fossils, perennial gardens, and a great love for poetry. Her collections Spin Infinity and The Startling Light of Belonging are available on Bookshop.org.