stop mind muttering

and don't fret over the obvious

fretting, the breath is manufactured

in the sleep-factory

let your heart rise into the sky like an osprey

who plays on the wind's breath even as she hunts

do you think osprey ponders this?

(she is breathing not knowing)

sweep everything off your desk

and send it crashing to the floor

just to revel in the sound

pull the rug out from beneath your own feet

and then ride the rug to the full moon

do not pass go

there is no go

(once i thought i had to go directly to jail

and i took myself there over and over and over again

until i ate my game token)

eat all the birthday gifts

listen as each sparrow song lifts the sky

smell all the flowers on the honeysuckle vine

until you inhale the petals loose

to tremble on the breeze

there is nothing to lose here

and no apology in fearlessness!