Never Mundane, Always Significant

Some
significant sparkle
a touch of the thrilling,
the dramatic
(though without
the drama...)
These enthrall,
hold our interest.
But the everyday,
the commonplace
becomes mundane-
stirs no
special notice.
Still,
I think of the 
writer,
Naomi Nye,
A Palestinian-American
and how her poetry
focuses
on ordinary objects,
buttons
the onion-
so plain in their simplicity...
And humble workers,
a man who makes brooms.
And I understand that,
when asked,
of why she doesn't write
political poems
she replied,
"All my poems are political."
And I understand too,
her explanation
of the importance, the
utility
of even small, overlooked
things
and the workers
continuing on
with diligence
and dignity
performing each task,
facing each daily
encounter
not as routine
but-
Revolutionary!
And so it is
with each
"Good Morning"
even in our waking,
feet hitting
the floor
(whether dirt
or plushly carpeted)
it is all an act of defiance-
(against all that would knock
us down...)
Showering,
or splashing water on our
face
eating breakfast,
attending to that,
which needs be done-
rearing children
going to school
or an office,
to fields...
All
are acts
vitally precious
all pieces of
the very greatest tasks of all-
laughing and loving
laboring-
Living.