Already a small homogenous group convinced of their own importance race to the top of an anthill have we ever worked less like a colony? have we ever been less like a hive? what I wouldn't give for a queen a softer energy footsteps becoming leaps I hope when they arrive they are able to see in us a quality we no longer seem willing or able to see in ourselves
A specific kind of green. Beans and garlic and a curious deer. Trying to grow a kiwi for 30 years. A swing on every tree branch. An empty water bowl. 1-2-3-4 who ya gonna root for? The boys in the bus are State Champs. Honk honk a yellow blur past. I am only one person. I am only one person. Way up high Heat lightning sky on a still night Later, rain Out of the window A crack open for the cats Dodging familiar faces in common places. I just lack the capacity for being this needed. Candid photos. Humility. She'll sell you vibrations in a patio chair. Wind storm collapsed the barn. Blew the roof right into the air. Uh-oh Arms reaching What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing? Let's walk one more block To honor the grief of what will never be. I am only one person. Slow drives past the places we've lived and the places we've worked and the places that once contained our hours and years. A turtle on the trail. slow down slow dow...
The days will start to get lighter, little by little. You will start to feel the winter wait below your layers. You will feel the tension of near spring as something starts to stir beneath the ground. You will notice sparkles in the frost. You will make eye contact with people you pass on the sidewalk. Seeking. You will plan a little but mostly continue on in the little habits and rhythms that eventually become a day. A week. Your life. Your one life! You've got roots in the cold, cold ground. There is another place that is nowhere where folks will be checking out for good. Won't blink for eight whole days. Even years! There is a constant wailing and gnashing of keys. Blue sky replaced by the blue glow of tragedy and a choir of rage singing, incessantly, on loss loss loss fear fear fear Don't look awaystayherestayhere Hard to believe that you share the same planet: peace of mind & piece of mind. There really won...
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