The secret is that we never know

in gathering with each other,

whether we are laying a path

of stones for others to follow.

Standing next to us, even now,

may be just the person

whose heart beats an ancestral

rhythm- at once familiar.

Without thought or reason,

we know our hands have been

joined before, so it is the most

natural thing to empower them

into laying new stones,…

This is the moment,

to be seized like

ripe fruit.  You may

not yet know that

you are so ready,

to take that first

succulent bite.

All you need really

do is, STOP whatever

you are doing, silence

both your mind and 

yourself, at least the 

personality you most 

identify, and become

silent into that space

where nothing exists.

Seize this like a…