Right Here, Right Now

Right here, right now

 in the overlooked stillness, in the absence of light,

 there exists a clean slate, fresh potentials,

 something better than we can imagine,

 something ready to be born.

We fight it, we fear it, we avoid it

because we cannot access it as an ego.

It asks us to give up who we think we are…

and while it waits for a chance to make miracles,

it cleverly spoon-feeds the body its breath,

it holds the corners of every room,

it sends us countless invitations to relax and let go.

And thankfully there come unexpected, precious moments

when the personality sleeps

and we stop trying so hard.

We lose ourselves in nature, in meditation, in orgasm,

in adventure, in laughter…

and it rushes in, mends our hearts,

effortlessly gives birth to the light,

showing up in our world

as insights, a sudden burst of energy, a new sense of direction.

It smiles back at us in the face of a flower. 

It holds us in quiet snowfall.

It turns the mundane into the marvelous

and we remember that we are whole.