Sunday, July 8, 2012

older now




looking out
through the window of life
i see that
both the real and the metaphoric
sky
oceans
hills
valleys
rivers and streams
all connect 
in a purposeful way

and yet why is it 
that it's only
now that i'm very much older
than i might wish to be
that i begin to see
everything
for what it is 
and for what it isn't

3 comments:

Pauline said...

Ah, I'll bet you saw it as a child but it was all so new you didn't know you were seeing what really was. And isn't it nice to be doing it again consciously?

steven said...

pauline, intuitively i think you're right . . . i've reached or perhaps even passed a point where i am unlearning my unlearnings . . . . steven

erin said...

i was just going to say...it is work to get beyond, to lay down the shoulders, to stop trying, to allow, and then you go and talk about unlearning. yes)))

xo
erin