diptych, oil, meeting with the young tulip poplars
not maintaining any particular state
comfort discomfortever present
raw and tender
I am willing to feel all the waves
awareness maintains awareness
without my effort
distinctly not what is coming and going
the joy that knows
all is held
and given
we are charged with responding
with care
with life
as the spring bloom of red maples
show themselves through the winter branches,
as the young tulip poplars meet me with their white signal.