6/12/22

by Patrick DePeters

that blade of grass

yes, that one!

Don’t you see?

how she moves

and sways like a dancer

a bit like all the others,

but actually,

you know…

she’s one of a kind.

she never holds,

or braces

or forces

her way.

that isn’t what

she’s here

to do.

instead

she humbly

accepts

the rhythms

of

the breeze,

her perfect partner

for this moment,

and for every moment.

she has learned

that

sometimes

her dance

will be slow,

gentle,

and harmonious

and sometimes

her partner is

fast

syncopated,

even violent!

but she doesn’t fret

or worry

or cry

for she knows

that always and forever,

in her essence

she is a willing partner.

and when the dance

today

is over

she may have

lie down

and have a rest

perhaps

fall

asleep

and she trusts that

after the dance

of this moment

is

over

she may be lucky

enough

to enjoy

another.

but if

the music

stops

and

she must

return

to source,

her true home

anyway

she will

again

oblige

whether she dances

through rain showers,

or through drought,

with birds

or among the bees,

she is exactly where

she is meant to be

in this moment

for she knows

her role

in the great circle

of life.

she knows, too

that she carries in her

divinity,

wisdom,

magnificence,

and nourishment

for whatever

being

lives next.

she accepts

her true purpose.

and, when the time comes

to dance again

she stands ready

to tango,

or ballet.

or tap

but if today’s dance

turns out

to be her last,

and the time

has come

to let another being

have the floor,

she will gracefully,

and gratefully

bow out

and let source

our dance

boundlessly

and

joyously

with another