stillness

Eli is asleep, slumbering away peacefully

Chad is upstairs showering and shaving

I have just finished cooking two meals for friends

I am sitting in the living room

Listening to the tap-tap-tap of the laptop keys

Listening to the hum of the baby monitor

Listening to the stillness

It is rare,

seemingly unaffordable,

mostly unreachable

But it is here,

the stillness

Exciting times to come

New journeys unfolding

But for now

I am basking in the stillness.