I wonder what has happened
to the days
when life was carefree.
I wander as I wonder,
as I look, but I don't see.
Yet still I wonder,
wandering yet,
Ceaselessy searching,
for a way to get

love
truth
beauty

without

strife
hatred
pain

where can I find
the hidden virtues of the heart,
they're buried deep,
they've been ignored for so long.
Yet they've been there all along.

Here I pause,
a brief respite
from all the going,
talking, living.
A time just for being.
Here I sit
in a jewel-tone world
breathing in the blue
and green and gold.
A moment
swift and separate
from our fleeting lives.
Here, I exist,
simply myself,
more in the earth,
and more withdrawn.
My soul quiets.
Hours spill like water
through my hands.
Here I cross
over the boundaries,
remain still and silent
along the road,
stepping outside
the journey.