Whether seeing the world

as fast or slow,

it seems frequently like

a roller coaster

or some dodgem cars

that you can’t escape.


Finding yourself separated,

you’re left to find solace

in a nature conversation

where motion happens

at a slower pace,

at a natural one,

not the human hustle.

Walking at the pace of nature

and sensing this subtle resonance

with Mother Earth

that often seems lost

with our human community’s

world of speed and quantity,

I find myself grounded

in this natural world and Source

of which every life is a part.

So, turning down the youthful tempo

on my inner metronome

and becoming

thoughtfully grounded and old,

noticing my expansive grounding

in this larger revelation of Being.


RICHARD EVAN MACKAY