It's a Practice

(Aug. 3, 2025)

I want to sit like a huge rock, a boulder in the water.

I want the water to flow around me and let me just sit. Let the lichens grow.

The burbling sound and the rising and falling of cicada voices comforts me.

Boulders aren’t easily moved. And they rest. What did they do to earn that rest?

I would like to know so I can earn it too.

Just to rest there. 

Go around me. I’m not moving.