GREY MATTER

Learning how to write without a pen;

that was what we had to do.                                                                                                                                                                                                     You think, you squirm,

very uncomfortably.

It’s a funny concept, a serious assignment.                                                                                                                                   

The clock keeps ticking and

the sphere keeps spinning.                                                                                                             

Your mind will open up too. 

Then words,                                                                                                                                         then images are sculpt from

a small layer of your brain tissue.                                                                                                                                

So you have begun and you began or should,                                                                                                                                   

start at the beginning;                                                                                                                                                                       

looking at the landscape you are working with                                                                                                                                     

and now must stay compatible with.                                                                                                                                                               

You gather the tools and begin the first stages of this,                                                                                                                                           

which once seemed a silly, useless project,                                                                                                                                                       

but now embracing it, you think of your finish                                                                                                                                    

and if you see compatible bliss,

you continue on this path.                                                                                                                         

You formulate the steps in between and continue;                                                                                                                                           

you may hit hard-rock or something like it and

have to change your path.                                                                                                       

You know the ending, so you keep taking the steps,                                                                                                                                    

opening up to surprise, accepting change,                                                                                                                                     

moving forward with side-way steps,                                                                                                                                                      seeing the beauty and then

the light falling on it,                                                                                                                             

lifting you, exciting you,

calming you and adding

to your enlightenment.                                                                                                                                                  It can be done;                                                                                                                                                         put down the pen for just this day;                                                                 

gather the clouds,

chase the wind, live the purpose.                                                                           

Recognize and celebrate a job well done.    

                                                                                                                                                               Stanski

October 24, 2020 ^