Look, there…
Among the dry stones
rainwater has collected
into a pool.
A single yellow leaf
floats on the surface.
The stones are round
from a thousand years’ travel together.
The water is perfectly clear.
Look.
Do you see?
None of this was arranged just for you.
Stones, water, leaf…
They have been doing this
since the beginning of time
and they will continue
until the end.
This is God, being.
You can walk on,
unaware…
or you can stop, and
wade in.