In Stead .

Instead of ”I don’t know”
Sit

Sit a million years and feel

Grasp for what is true

Like a child reaching for comfort in the dark

All fear in a blind and frantic grab

But in the timelessness

frantic means nothing

-

It can happen slow enough that your hands become eyes

Instead of “I don’t know”
-
say the new thing

Instead of “let me think about it”

Let me think about it
By some alchemy and acute sensitivity,

Let me weigh the options I can imagine

against the weight of my soul

-

Pinches of dust and breaths lifting feathers in a noisy room Thinking is not in the length of time but the depth

And if you become worried that your choice is to get something done and be hated or do nothing and be loved

remember that love

is something to be

done