A Poem in Five parts

Metedeconk River, Brick NJ-John MacFergus

Each part is meant to be read two times, slowly pausing before proceeding to the next

Part I
 
    Dark silence
    Blackened root
    Tea leaves read
    Realization
    Found

Part II
 
    Grace
    Whisper
    Did I listen
    The turtle
    Crossed the road

Part III
 
    Earthbound
    The Eternal story
    Of consciousness
    The internal story
    Of Awareness

Part IV
 
    Clouds of mood
    Passing through
    Two billion years of
    Blue sky —
    Never gone

Part V
 
    It’s not far
    From Here now —
    Knowing the One
    The One
    Always near

Parts 1 & 2 came in the middle of the night, parts 3 & 4 inspired by the poet David Whyte, part 5 brings it back home

© Todd Greenberg – 09/02/2025