"Everything is waiting for you"
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your great mistake
is to act the drama
as if you were alone
as if life were a progressive and cunning crime
with no witness to the tiny hidden transgressions
to feel abandoned
is to deny the intimacy
of your surroundings
surely
even you have felt
the grand array
the swelling presence
and the chorus
crowding out
your solo voice
you must note the way
the soap dish
enables you
or the window latch
grants you courage
alertness is the hidden discipline
of familiarity
the stairs are your mentor
of things to come
the doors have always been there
to frighten you
and invite you
and the tiny speaker
in the phone is
your dream ladder
to divinity
put down
the weight of your aloneness
and ease into the conversation
the kettle is singing
even as it pours you a drink
the cooking pots have left
their arrogant aloofness
and seen the good in you
at last
all the birds and creatures of the world
are unutterably themselves
everything, everything, everything
is waiting for you
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