Even a second can upset
the delicate balance of life
everything can change
in the beat of a heart
I knew going in
my life would change forever
that my comfortable existence
would be torn all apart
faint fingers of mist
climbed my mountainside
I had been soft as a feather
I had been hard as a rock
I had probed Mother Nature
I had listened as she spoke
nothing had prepared me for
the earthquake that followed
my breathing failed
my heartbeat like thunder
I had just floated along
till the look in her eyes
took me under
there are many things about us
I don’t understand
I always thought that blind faith
would be lacking in me
I needed to see
To hear
to feel
to hold it in my hand
I can now acknowledge faith
I don’t say I believe
as somethings remain
a big mystery
a lonely leaf falls
a timeless, tireless
Cicada sings
fall is moving on to
my mountainside fast
I still hear the echoes
of things to come
and the murmurs
of the past
I throw down my pretensions
and turn them into art
as I listen to the balance change
between the beats of my heart