Step by step

Clutching small veined leaves and marveling at rivulets frozen 

And quietly taking in the woody clatter of two branches being harassed by wind-

I remember

That the whole world is violent 

And I am at peace

Because in this one present moment

I am only here, just here

An optimist

By self defense

Defiantly against the bloodied world

Refuses

To see only the dark

She sees it

And also

Looks for apricity