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Writer's pictureIrena Nayfeld

In Honor of Earth Day

Nature as Teacher (aka Pause)


The Earth is never done teaching us lessons,

If only we are present enough to hear

The songs of birds rejoicing a new day

The gentle waves whispering impermanence in our ear


What can we learn from the calm patience of the buds Opening a sliver more each day

No reaching or searching; trusting roots and light

To guide them to flower in their own time and way


Whether it is snowflakes or grains of sand

How we delight that no two are the same

What it would be to let that lesson be our guide

To knowing the true worth of our unique flame


We rush and build and do and wonder why

Our bodies are weary, yet we do not let them be

Nature does not hurry, nature doesn't try

What if it is in the pause that we are free





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