After

after

After the thunder,the fireworks,the applause—is stillness.Full of everything.

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Thread

Thread

That spider’s threadstrung across the trail.How she must have leaptto spin it and how I almoststrode and broke it. But I didn’tbecause I rememberedit was hers, it was ours.

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Driftwood

driftwood

I met a piece of driftwood,smooth and light. It told metumbling on the wavesdoes that to you,if you let it.

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Every

Every

Every fall the trees lay their blanket of love .Every spring the bulbs raise their blades of hope.This is how the world works, despite it all.

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Thistle seed

thistle seed

What should I do,how shall I plan,what will I solvein my made-up life? —while you followa thistle seedon a breeze,in the sun.

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November

November

It’s November and natureis full of glad death, defiantlybrown and knowing what life is.

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Freed

freed

Could we live like this, our livesbound in duty and honor,freed by the chains of love?

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Leave your self

leave your self

Leave your self on a spider webin the evening sun, by the leaftwisting in the breeze, in the scent of hay.

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Fuel

fuel

I know the leaves let go gladlybecause they trust their fallis the fuel of themselves anew.

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Every dark autumn

every dark autumn

When I die, bury mein a field and plantwhite and blue asterson top of me so everydark autumn I’ll remind youI’m still gladly living.

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If you see a raindrop

if you see a raindrop

If you see a raindrop on a fallen leafand stop for a secondit means you’ve discoveredwhere words endand the world begins.

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Warm

Warm

Often it’s enoughfor your warm bodyto warm mywarm bodyand nothing else.

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Every Day

Every Day

Every daythe same old,same oldmagic. There’s a lot of routine to having a puppy. Rufus thrives on it. If I’m not careful, each day is Groundhog Day. But Rufus helps me remember there’s wonder everywhere. It might be the same routine, but Rufus finds joy in every patch of light, each waving leaf. It’s a…

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Goldenrod

Goldenrod

As the days cool,the world is thickwith goldenrod whichproves, I think, natureis forever optimistic.

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The leaf

the leaf

Onlywhen we allow ourselvesto be intoxicatedby a leaf in the sundo we live.

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Still, always, home

still, always, home

I step outside and hearthe bee buzz and the bird singas the world greets me again—I’m still here, always here, always home.

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Enough is more enough

enough is more enough

If we can learn to wantless of more andmore of less;if we can stay stillat the precipice of desireand permit the deliciousness of more—while knowingenoughis moreenough.

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All that’s left to do

all there is to do

All of usare thrown into this lifewe didn’t ask forbut want to keep. So we learn(finally and perhaps)that all that’s left to dois love.

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Love what is

love what is

Let me love what is—and one day grow as wiseas the daisy who lovesthe rain, loves the sun,and loves the windthat bends her.

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The slide

the slide

When I was five, I’d do to the parkand play on the steep, metal slide.I learned then something I forget today—you only get where you want to gowhen you dare to let go of the sides.

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Deep time

deep time

Sometimes I fret about yesterdayor worry about tomorrow.Then I noticethe granite cliffbehind my house.

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Abundance

abundance

Never feel sadabout a wilting flower.Every petalcontains the ideaof another bloom.

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