The Process

January 23

THE PROCESS

The mountains don’t wash away like sandcastles. The amount of persistence required is far greater. Acorns don’t work like sunflowers; not everything is instant gratification. Marathons aren’t run in seconds. If you don’t love the whole adventure, pick a smaller goal. There is no shame in sunflowers or sandcastles or microwave popcorn as long as you want it and hold it in esteem. Time-consuming, life-consuming journeys have a high price in boredom and are not worth the consumption if that is not where your heart leads you. You don’t have to love washing the pans to be a good baker but it helps. Peace is in the process.

Leave space on your plate for discussion.

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Lathhouse

I want to face the sun.

I want to stand and the wind to blow.

I want the rain uninterrupted on my head.

I want to remain upright and unburnt,

to prevail amidst it all.

Tender stalks and verdant leaves

frustrate my anti-social streak.

I want to bear the worst

without cover or assistance

but here I am in the slanted shade of this dynasty.

As I grow so does the awareness

that even when I am strong enough

to leave this sheltered abode

I will be relocated to a row where I am never alone.