the jail

meghan woke up and with her eyes still
shut her right hand found the alarm clock
on the left side of her bed and her hands
found the snooze button and she pushed it.

ten more minutes
and then she would be up

her mind was fuzzy but through the haze of
last night's sleep she knew today was different.

she shook her mind for a second
what was different

oh, yes, today was her first day teaching at the jail.

she couldn't believe they had finally let her in
she was going to show them a new path
one which she had travelled for ove 25 years
and now she got to give back.

she remembered what cynthia had said that
one weekendi n june
if you can start over here doing what you'll be
doing when you pass why not?

yes, why not indeed thought meghan.

centering prayer took her on her own journey.

her journey was different than the others
they would have to find their own path
their own truth

if she could help in some small way
why not.