This is a new poem. I started working with another, which I will post later and this emerged.
What happens is contemplative exercises allow me to become mindful as I move back into my daily life. These activities can be meditation/prayer, time to walk, reading poetry, etc. What I experience moments remains with me.
I embed activities into my daily routine. For example, I try to get out and walk each day. I note what and who I see, hear, smell, and feel. The other day, I observed autumn’s musty smell had arrived, as trees shed their leaves. We have had little rain the last few weeks, but some drizzles may have hastened the smell of decomposing materials.
When we travel, we spend time walking and hiking in and out. I love waterfalls and mountains, so they speak to me and linger with me, forever changing me.
Walking away,
Richness lingering–
Thunder booming,
Spray hovering,
Power reverberating,
Water smelling–
Life-giving.
Hearing, feeling, seeing, sensing–
Walking away,
Lingering,
In my ears,
On my skin,
In spirit,
Re-entering quieter world–
Life-giving.
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Teacher as Transformer 