Live frugally on surprise.
Alice Walker
Yes, live with surprise,
make it an everyday companion
you can't be without.
Call it a miracle if you are faithful.
Call it chance if you are bold.
But make it always welcome.
Never hesitate to embrace surprise.
Your arms can easily enfold it:
it never resists your grasp.
Surprise is so weightless
you can carry it without fatigue
deep into the night.
And as day darkens into rest, let it
keep watch over your sleep.
It will summon the softest dreams
in the planetary drift of night,
and never betray your waking
until the least expected dream is true.
Daniel Brick
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/drift-14/
