The Way to Do Is to Be  (Lao-Tzu)

Silence below
silence, ground

beneath ground,
sky beyond
sky,

stream under
the stream,

feet on earth,
eyes upwards,

ears gently
placed

in the heart
of the heart,

like a toddling
child, fumbling

stumbling treading
water,

frequently falling,
almost drowning,
sometimes flowing,

stopping to breathe
easy, and yes, again
to start,

we learn this strange,
hard-won and wondrous
living art,

this eventual easing
into true seeing,

this believing 
in the seed
of all being....