Be Sweet

I took a step out

I took a step outside

I took a step away from the crowd

the music ...out into the night 3:30 a.m. and I

took a few steps more...away...

And I stood under a young willow

seeing the thin long branches dart towards

that star-filled 3:30 morning sky

in silent contemplation grace

praying

And I thought of the cows ruminating

the bat hanging from exactly that sky

my cat asleep

resting on the universal cushion

the spider centering the great pattern

and silent it was

and permeable

They say we do not have to reinvent the wheel

but I say: why not?

Why not ….reinvent the wheel?

Or: surrender this haunting resistance...

It would be bold to say

sugar is feminine, salt is masculine

but

sugar gives

salt takes

If Jesus really said

“You are the salt of the Earth”

he must have spoken to his following brothers

or predicting what was meant to come

Be sweet my friends, be sweet!

the Earth does the mixture, you please: be sweet!