THE SHAPE OF LIFE 

Any moment now

the fruit, plump

ready and ripe,

will fall from

it flimsy perch.

Before it does,

as dusk begins

to dust the valley

behind it 

with darkness,

let’s say thank you

to its simple roundness,

its rustic glow and 

the abundance it balances

on gravity’s back

as if it were 

our own rich life

we were thanking.

And then…let’s let

the sweetness

of this gratitude

allow us 

to suddenly see,

for the first time

perhaps in a long time,

our life as anima mundi, 

an expression of the world’s soul, 

the cosmic force

that is present 

in all nature.

Finally, let’s let the mystery 

and revelation of this recognition 

be the sweet spot in the orchard 

of our seeing and being today.