Visions in your head

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A good daily exercise for soul loss would be
to stare at something in creation until it
begins to stare back.
—Edward Hays in The Ladder

Here's looking at you, kid.

I am the lion stalking along the path.
I am the tiger lurking in the cave.
I am the cheetah posing on the hill.
I am the bobcat baring its teeth.
I am the housecat curled up on the bed.
I am the serval disappearing into the undergrowth.

I am the oak to lean upon.
I am the cherry to bear fruit.
I am the willow to weep under.
I am the maple to climb up into.
I am the spruce to survive winter.
I am the dogwood to blossom forth.

I am a half-finished building with harsh work lights.
I am an old orange tractor in a newly cut pasture.
I am a textured cubicle wall above a litebrite carpet.
I am a nearby bookstore filled with French cafe music.
I am ground drenched by rain, grass ruffled by wind.
I am the terror of falling, and the transport of flying.

I look at you looking at me.
I find I become more than myself
when I can share with you.

As long as you derive inner help
and comfort from anything,
keep it.
-Mahatma Gandhi