Vortex of Change

VORTEX OF CHANGE

Standing on the brink of change

Seeing a new future within range

That it would come now

Not so strange

The winds swirl around

My feet firmly

On the ground

a new light in life found

I have rushed through life

To find this place

Against myself

Did I race

I thought in time

It would be so clear

Realizing now

How much t’is near

The vortex swirls

As the meaning unfurls

And yet I am calm

New found reflection

A balm

And so I step forward

With a sure footing

Wiser with time

A life more sublime

Each moment I relish

Each encounter I cherish

Taking each day

In its own way

Not worried so much

For the next day.

Shiidon, August 2009

I wrote this on the airplane on the way to California. it seemed appropriate at the time. It is slowly dawning on me that my children are not children anymore and that they are rushing on to their futures with haste and zest, the same haste and zest that seems to infect all of us at that age. I am also finding a new found peace and am appreciating the people and things that surround me. I have always found myself rushing to the next place, thing, event etc. so much so that i would forget to stop and smell the roses (as the saying goes).

Life is good, I am happy and I am ready for comes next in life. In the meantime, i am enjoying my vacation by the lake in the cool summer breezes of California.