letting go
cool fog
pulled in
by the desert’s
hot breathing
small birds
in the cactus
and scrub oak
sing
morning
so still
the ocean
far below
the end
of the road
is
here
letting go
is not
an
action
a doing
a gesture
it is like
the rain
falling
becoming
the stream
the river
the sea
effort
less.
sm 6/ 2016