patience was the message given
the telling of which made me laugh
out loud
in the middle of ceremony!
– me –
– patience –
what a warrior gauntlet thrown!
I did not suspect this place
would be the master of it
though,
the city fastness and hustle
cannot hold long in
the grip of
this inexorable
forest languor
slowly
steadily
incrementally
I ease
into this pocket
of natural rhythm
of tree-edged sky
of inter-woven overlapping webs
of deep round breaths
of oscillations unwinding
the enduring dance
quiet
quieting
quieter still
I will need to
become
to master this teaching,
oh!
a good long lesson
this will be!