Trust the trail on the ground,
trust the ancient and wise ones,
the poets,
the stars…
the sun and the moon
the wood wide web,
all oozing nourishment
and a deep time foundation
to stand on

Slow down,
truly,
trust your heart
your gut
your body
when you give yourself
time,
and space,
and kind attentive listening
to what they’ve all
been saying
since the beginning
of time

17/02/2025

* with a nod to William Stafford’s poem “Watching the jet planes dive” (1960), with a link to hearing its author read it: https://voca.arizona.edu/track/id/62519

It seems we are in similar, yet more dire, times.