Profound Simplicity

profound simplicity
fragile reality
cumulus clouds I see
drifting on summer breezes

I know the grass is green
I know the trees are free
to reach up toward the sky
while digging their roots deep

the things that I don't know
could fill a billion poems
the things I'll never be
a vast and endless sea

we celebrate the night
that's when the bats can fly
and no one judges them
darkness is their disguise

black skies and shooting stars
finding out who we are
fire light and company
profound simplicity

kettle and pot agree
they're not as dark as me
when worry dominates
and I procrastinate

I want to clear the air
I want to travel where
no human being would be
so that I can be free

my mind is wandering
so busy pondering
the challenge of our time
in which myself I find

sometimes I wonder if
any one's ever known me
I question everything
that they have ever shown me

trouble around the curve
we're building up the nerve
to focus on our breath
and not linger in death

black skies and shooting stars
finding out who we are
fire light and company
profound simplicity