the fence
is neither
start nor finish
Begin
Softly
the gentle landscape
rising and falling
showing us how
View Of The Gate That Does Not Open
look past and beyond
the overgrown and closed
and see all that is
Three’s Philosophy
trinity
in the trees
what was, is, will be
Up and Across
each trunk and branch
points the way
no wrong turns
only new paths
The Enoughness of Nothing
in nothing
everything
rejoiced
Wise Waters
water knows
pulls and turns
are the way of life
Overheard
the flowers whispered
life needn’t be solved
it just – must – be lived
Seeing Through
trees teach
how letting go
makes room for more
Between
It is in the space
where there is nothing
that everything resides.
Teaching Tree
Reshaped by time and weather
my mentor on the mountain
asks me to look deeper and see through.
Balance
becomes possible
by accepting
circumstances.
Circle Theory
At each ending a beginning,
at each beginning an ending.
Infinity.
Fallen
There is no failure in falling.
While the descent may be hard
repose eventually softens all difficulty.
This is the grace of transformation.
Nature’s Classroom
Fall illustrates
with astounding beauty and inevitable departures
the lesson of impermanence.
Entirety
rain drops into the pond
ripples merge
into the whole.
Current
Rocks and trees know not to struggle
but to simply stay until the appointed time comes to go.
Change is forever pulling or pushing.
Do not begrudge the current its way.
Magic Carpet
There is still time.
Come sit on the soft lush green.
Let the world embrace you.
Each blade of grass grows just for you.
Panta rhei
The flower has turned to pod
the warmth of the sun belies the bite in the breeze
everything flows.
Finding Place
The place to be
is precisely where you are.
Harvest
As the workers toil in the carpet of sage
they hum and buzz their dictum
“from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs”
The View from Heaven
Nature will keep the pond’s promise that the world will green itself in Spring.
Things may appear upside-down, but everything is as it should be.