It’s the first Friday in March, and although we still have snow on the ground, it’s been rainy and bare ground has reappeared on south-facing hillsides. Still, spring seems far away. So what better way to fill these dreary days than with thoughts of becoming? That is the challenge Margaret posed for the Inklings this month.

Honestly, I struggled with this all month. This word took me in so many different directions, I didn’t know if I was coming or going. This draft is where I landed yesterday.

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
~ Vincent Van Gogh ~

Surrounded by unknowable immensities,
I feel adrift. Daily life is
a mystery to unravel.
I am done in by distractions,
by fear, 
by the need to accomplish 
something that feels worthwhile.

But maybe I already have.
Maybe, like layers of sandstone,
actions accumulate, 
small kindnesses
and moments of strength
so easily forgotten,
are preserved.

Maybe being brave, being present
is enough.
Maybe a life doesn’t have to be big
to be worthwhile.

Draft © Catherine Flynn, 2026

Please be sure to visit my fellow Inklings to discover how they approached this prompt:

Heidi @my juicy little universe
Margaret @Reflections on the Teche
Molly @Nix the Comfort Zone
Linda @A Word Edgewise
Mary Lee @ Another Year of Reading

Then stop in at Karen Edmisten’s blog for the Poetry Friday Roundup.