Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Paying the Universe Back

A meditation on this

No rumble. No wind. No ripples.
Now it is official:
The circle is only as wide
As my antenna.

Still I have this trouble
Conceiving it as greater—
Watching a baby's smile
Over fame that changes the world.

What recognition of myself
Is not more needed by the one?
What other gift is not a gift
Returned?

What else can we give
Except our stillness?
How else can we prove
That we are real?