Woods
to be able
to put your life
in perspective
is an opportunity
not met
by a hurried step
we live a thousand lives
in the end
the experience of emotion
is what molds us
and we take its form
its ever shifting, folding form
maybe Kipling said it best,
“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
and treat those two impostors just the same …”
an observation of the very old and the very young
displays this adage
while one is in the process of continually letting go …
food falls off the spoon, scrape up another bite
the other is in the process of constantly attaining …
food falls off the high chair, stop and watch it fall
yet both are open to change
in a way that is harder for the middle minded
to obtain and process
clarity comes in those small, quiet moments
when the grass has long since grown
over the mound of dirt
and now needs maintenance
TL