Poetry With Friends By The Lake At Kanuga

(based on Psalm 46:10)

What if being still isn’t stopping,

or staying in one place long

enough to create an illusion

that the opposite of motion

is the meaning of calm?

Beneath the surface,

    everything small is dancing.

Above the surface,

    everything large is dancing.

This water lives in currency.

    So do you. So do I.

These trees live through seasons.

    So do you. So do I.

What if it’s balance,

and awareness of what’s within us

vibrating, swirling, expanding, contracting

across changing patterns

of arrival and presence, then release?

Trust the invitation.

Embrace this moment’s composition.

Be stillness and move

with the music of an ever-creating God!