Hazy Acres

I have seen it before

Myself standing in a place

Of reaction 

Ignoring the yoga 

Opportunity 

Then 

I remember this moment too

Is a place to practice 

Frustrating past that never seems to leave 

I miss the children 

And I yell sometimes because of it 

Feeling lost in the choice 

Terrified I will be less

For them 

For myself 

For everyone 

But you can’t take it with you 

And time erases quite a lot of these regrets 

Standing in a doorway looking for a reason 

To be upset 

I see myself saying to myself 

Remember 

Stay center 

Stay here and fight in the peace 

Let it boil just before it overflows 

Hold it while you shake in exhaustion 

Trying to change what you can’t control 

Remember the home inside you built 

Where the fire burns 

And the books play with dust 

While the handmade tales wait for your return 

Where its just you and the water 

Trees singing with bugs 

As times never stops being the great god of life 

When you choose to live there 

In the space they want you in 

Bursting outside the frame 

They catch panthers because they’re too big 

What chance is there 

In a world like this 

Wearing hats in the old room

Laughing as the security evaporates 

It comes back to the sun 

A field 

Your dog 

The ones you love 

Simple cups with coffee 

Quiet milliseconds 

Shelves your Grandpa made 

Instruments played 

Still echoing in the dark 

And in the morning 

You’re something there too

While it keeps going

So do you

In your way

Just enough to step through

What you cannot see