Thursday, August 5, 2021

No effortless peace


The invitation to peace 
Inevitably contains within it 
A presumption of effort: 
We reach that stillness we think of as home 
By having diligently applied our oars, 
Sweeping repeatedly past 
The interruptions of an anxious mind 
To achieve the desired destination: 
Only then can we tie up and rest.

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