Let yourself soften into this moment,
the poem said
feeling softer don’t make you smaller
the song said
I become the bee on the flower
not alighting, but going deeper
anchoring with attention
breathe in the delicacy of Here
drink deep the nectar of Now
trees, they twirl in the wind
their movement carrying ancient secrets
and eternal invitation
no need to catch a revelation
no need to produce or introspect
Brooks’s bee abiding long
to be here now becomes the song.
“It’s not the bee’s touching of the flower that gathers honey, but her abiding for a time upon the flower that draws out the sweet.” - Thomas Brooks
Poem referenced: “Take a Break” by the EQ School
Song referenced: “Softer” by Hannah Grace