NotSpring

In the Dark

everything looks dark

the lens of lightness

comes only when the equinox rises

And the sun no longer burns

like a neon sign behind a sky scraper

but travels the river

glowing yellow and impenetrable

til the very last second.

It's been a long hard winter.

and I cling to the present

with my new lessons on attachment

Because I know it isn't over

At night, the cats play outside

and I think I even saw a robin once

but the sap runs back to the roots

still too soon, to be prompted to bloom

still cultivating answers

Two thirds the lesson is just compassion

there's the thing we ought to do

and then there's how people act

Silly and fearful,

it's hard to see

When the Rabbit's with you in the Dark

and you don't know where he's at

It's hard to see we're Mirror Images

It's hard to see their pathways are all different

Step back

and look

you can see the whole picture.