Ambling along, I find you humbly stretching

Sun beams filter through mottled leaves

Senses entranced by your lightness

Silence between us

Your presence unfolds like a riddle, infinite, lingering

I am smiling

Blossoming is your nature

The feeling deepens

My heart bows again and again

Inevitably a carpet of petals

Thoughts of taking you with me

Sun, rain, earth, for a fool's vase

Dreams on the wine of desire

Others get drunk, and can't be revived

Your nature, untouched in right view

Your needs, aspirations, and suffering

I meet them

With quiet compassion

Willing sacrifice

And emptiness that lets go

Idle thoughts come while sitting

Delusions restless as blackbirds

I find a place to rest in the shade of the grove

Then gather humus for my garden