Nature As

Nature as preexisting condition
Goes on existing and conditioning,
Wraps around and surrounds inside outside
Envelopes us as we address ourselves

In the beauty of dancing daffodils,
In the sternness of metamorphic rock
In the restless patterning of sea cloud
In the sun of dawn and sinking twilight

In obstinate twinship of love and loss
In strength of sinew becoming weakness
In perplexity giving birth to thought
And the going forward to the reverse

The feel of me that riddles as it thrills
The miracle that I reach out to touch