AWARENESS

Into this tiny ageless little crevice that’s my mind

comes a molecule of moisture that the dew has left behind.

And while the stalwart stone resides in manifest resistance,

the tiny drop declares an undeniable existence.

It concentrates and freezes, forcing breadth upon this space;

creating three dimensions in this narrow comfy place.

Now the sun can penetrate this unknown little crack

and beckon to the droplet and begin to coax it back.

Alternating sun and rain, one and then the other

craft a marked persuasion as they work with one another.

But my resolve is quick to go for I didn’t put it there

I’m eager for the truth as we all are everywhere.

Swirling chaff collects so fast there’s soon a bed for seed

and a searching root snakes out to probe and then to feed.

Soon a nurturing awareness makes its comfort known

In the warming incubator where the seed is sown.

Warming to new knowledge, warming to desire,

warming to the tree as it grows fuller, reaching higher.

Tentatively I ascend the stem that has appeared

to find this lofty perch revealing nothing I had feared.

And where men once came down from trees to walk upon their feet,

I glance down at this crack and back and beat a light retreat.

My eager and enthusiastic bonding knows no bound;

I’m overcome, appreciative for having left the ground.

Combined, my love and I advance much easier than one,

But while I know I think I’m useful, she is rain and sun.