This morning before I rise
it occurs to me
to at least say
Thank You
to the smiling inner godlet
who walks the path of life with me,
insisting ever so repetitively
that I keep looking
where I’m going
so as not to miss the spot
where the Yes and No
diverge
With saintly patience,
Here!
he chuckles
and here, and here, and here!
ad infinitum
urging me
with gentle urgency
to take the brave
unthinkable step
that transmutes
absolutely
everything:
Say Yes, he says,
no matter what,
to all that is
and was and will be –
Yes, this
is how things are right now
and this is what
I really want to see and be
and this
was the best I could do back then
because i simply
couldn’t see
And if I listen
and follow his advice,
my old enemy,
Reality,
turning out to be
more lithe and flexible
than I ever could have believed,
does a lovely double flip
on her trampoline
and dissolves
into the sweet embrace
of Being