I am so busy at times
trying to make it all
worthwhile, that I am
stunned at how easily the
whole of life speaks to me,
when music I’ve never heard
or a truth I never understood
plucks the one string I carry
deep within.
I only want that string pluck-
ed and yet, it stays in a place
only suffering or surrender
can open.
Still, violins in minor keys
make me swallow my fear
and herons flying into
the end of a long day
make me wish I’d led
a more peaceful life.
~ from Reduced to Joy (Viva Editions 2013)
