Rock and Wind

Looking at Rock
standing resolutely
in the wind
would we ever know
that it is allowing the wind in?
that it is letting itself
be slowly reshaped?
All we see
is Rock withstanding Wind ...

Everything is touched
by everything else
whether we see it or not
whether we know it or not

Who we are matters
what we say matters
what we do matters
Everyday the unbelievable is happening;
everyday the winds
of our being, our words, our actions
are touching everything in their path
And even the mightily resistant ones
can’t help but be changed.

Will we be gentle winds that caress?
Will we be gale winds that destroy?
Will we be winds with an ear to the ground
listening to the deep embryonic rhythms
and whispering new shapes into form?

We are each, more powerful
than we know;
We are each, simultaneously ourselves and everything else.