Solitude

Sound Recording: Solitude

The Art of Solitude

          The Practice of Wonder

She rocks on her porch

watching the kids cavort.

He peers at the vista

from a Parkway’s Watch Point.

She lays on the grass

pondering the stars so vast.

He sits against a tree

following the clouds to see

them constantly morphing.

He listens to his body

urging to ecstasy.

She communes with the baby

growing in her womb.

The child is awed

by a powder-blue butterfly.

An old woman marvels

at the magic of technology.

Music impels me to heaven's gate.

The cat turns inward…

what does he think?

Or does he just “be”?

Is he then better than me?

He knows solitude.

She practices wonder.

He knows she’s not alone.

She knows he’s connected.

They are saved.

agd 4.26.2020