“You Wasted Nothing”

You wasted nothing.
You breathed energy
into the ozone,
recycling atoms of
spent oxygen
into pockets of
positively charged air.
Micro moments
were deemed
thrilling things,
snow and sand
flecks of thin but
wondrous matter.
You savored
day’s existence,
wiping clean
near empty slates,
prizing every
piece of light that
wrapped around
each eyelash.
You didn’t spend
an instant nursing
anything but
exuberance,
spilling anything
into the atmosphere
that wasn’t cut
from love.

Previously appeared in The MOON magazine