Poems & Thoughts of Rob Taylor

Poem · December 27, 2023

Clarity About Wind

The wind is clearer now,since Barb has gone.Used to be,in a moment of stillness,if the house creased,most likely,Barb had moved around.Now,when the house creeks,it is the wind…

How To Begin

Regularly, we are engaged with multiple things.Thus, we experience our connectionto the world around us, directly.Occasionally, multiple streams may subsidearound the same time,that may leave less feeling of connection.If that is uncomfortable,it may tend towardtrying to hold on to some things.But that energy would be stagnant.Leaving, perhaps, a point of lesser vitality,and maybe uneasiness,or more uncertainty,vagueness.But if we are free to let things go,though there is no clear meansto replace spent energy,that freedom tends towards open space,a fresh point to begin.The space can be open,because it has been vacated.And in open space,new connections arise!And further, so also,absolutely fresh surprises originate…

impermanence · solitude · spirituality