outsight

I know it’s awful
in the world
and
for me
too tall
too close

we all have our fears
as well
as our aggressions

and could remake the world
by
leaving things
alone
letting a fallow discovery
and teach wisdom
of its own

but there’s too much on
I know
all those tall
and close
and fearful things to do

they serve who stand
(to
compress)
and
by a peer
something about a bell
yet
as far as our chiming
interpretive could
go
could be for mourning
or
for wedding
maybe something in between
like after
we inhale before
the letting
go

a moment to decide
or re-decide
what’s
what
what is que
what is será

silly

seeking wisdom
in the sky
or on
the ground

to find abstract sustenance
on Earth
that seems in fact
so willing to provide
by
way of planting
or of shade
also
channeling water for
our interests

well
an hour or so
sadly to guess at wisdom
since
I am not the source
and in
that there is more to Earth
and my philosophy
to cite
and
daring to apply

so Earth for living
God for wise
and
maybe in the time and way
I might get it right

insight

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photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash 
“Blue Planet”

Milton, Donne, Spanish wisdom via Doris Day