Attentiveness

Photo: (c) Jamie K. Reaser

This world is known only through attentiveness;

snails, their eyes circumnavigating on long stalks, 
are wise to things, and I think this

is also true of stones. On some days,

it can be me. But on other days,

I am lost to some other place and its speed-crazed trivialities.

If I believed in shame, I’d place it here.

Every tracker trains to move slowly,

but not all proceed down the trail re-membering

what they are searching for.

This makes a difference.

Tonight I’m just being still, and sitting with the realization that

I don’t yet know the pattern of lines running

the length of your palm.

It’s not for lack of interest,

It’s just that souls can take

awhile to  

say, “Hello.”

Eventually our hands will meet.

I have not forgotten.

~ Jamie K. Reaser, Author

Published in "Coming Home: Learning to Actively Love this World"
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