The Lady on the Bench

The lady who sits on the bench is happy
She is older than you
And fatter than you
But she is happy

You would be unwise to mistake her for sad, or lonely, or even melancholy, or some fancy word that really just means not happy

You are mistaken if you think she has issues or stuff to work through or intimacy problems or avoidant personality tendencies or a drunk husband or no husband or two husbands

She just sits on the bench at the library
And- she is happy

If you cannot imagine being happy just sitting on the bench watching the ducks, and the swans and the herons - white and blue - and - every other kind of bird life - well - there is nothing that she can do about that

She was around before people started having issues
And so were the ducks, and the geese
The feathery baby ones
And the light - bouncing off the watery playground

The lady on the bench is happy

And she will be happy when the sun goes down
And rises up again.