Still to Open
On some days
a solid fence
runs through me,
a herd of buffalo
on one side
and wild
scattered flowers
on the other.
Clouds converge
with children ...
then rain falls
in torrents, laughing,
unable to distinguish
this godly green earth
from heaven,
unable to distinguish
mountain streams from sky,
sky from stone.
Age leaves me
wet
in the middle
of my own life
uncertain
of its terms and
conditions.
Then rain
and thunder come
like birth
to remind me
I am made
primarily
of water and wind,
unwrapped questions
of soul and time,
whispers
that come
in the dark—which is
the most important wisdom,
the most important gift.