Bob Kamm's Blog

The Way Forward

Go back

                to go forward,

forget

              to remember

--origins

     accomplishments

        calamities;

Forget how to count

                how to name

judge, categorize, diminish,

                        fear.

Peel away
           
                belief,
  
                      identity.

Go to the sea.  Study tides, waves, broad wings.

Go to the meadow,

         Get on hands and knees.

Squish mud between fingers and toes.

                    Study earth, obsidian, clay, quartz.
                            
Get face to face with caterpillars.

Wonder at the wings of bumblebees,

the hunger of grubs.

                 Caress roots,
                          
                        seeds,

                                
                                    shoots,

 blossoms.

Go to the mountain.

Consider sun, wind, angles, elevations.

Go to the river.

            See our own naked shapes

                in the still pool.

Inhale.

Exhale.

See.

Hear.

Smell.

Touch.

Feel.

Fall, scrape, stub,

                whack, sprain, break

our bodies.

                Weep until  gasping

                    till the wall of each cell

                                knows

                               how easily

                              it can be

cracked.

C 2012 Bob Kamm