Like An Old Tree Bending to the Earth

 

Fellow traveller,

you have journeyed far.

Let your peaceful heart create

a spaciousness around you.

Let no one trespass

with all their noise and clamour.

Through the years, you learned

this self-protection. 
Journeying,

you grew both strong and weathered,

like an old tree bending to the earth

under the weight of what it cost you

to survive in the midst of so many

clamourous hearts.

You have the gift of listening, of seeing,
of tending a peaceful heart.

At sunrise, greet the day with joy.

At sunset, put it all away again.

Tomorrow, say thank you for the gift

of one more chance
to get it right.