Waking to the sound of trees

having to hold my breath
to truly listen to the breeze
as it crescendos-- then relaxes

each breath bringing me closer

to truly listening, without moving
in my chair-- just feeling the enormity
of both human joy and human suffering
pooling at the foot of the mountain

we all at times must climb--
there holds another view
not for the faint of heart

to comprehend a fractured world,
a fractured earth--we must start--
forging for--an eternal
palpable peace