Light and Shadows

Light and shadows
I think we need quiet
I think the quiet is always two things
Shadows and light
And I am learning to know them both
As I am learning to know peace and be fine
Or I am begging for it

Peace in this loud tunnel of wind where we live
Tunnel of noise that won't let up
But also the flowers grow
And the cold fall air blows leaves across concrete
Where walking now
I sense the storm shrinks miles between us

A thousand years ago, on horse hooves
Across heaven's desert to here
And I am not wholly lost in the terrible beauty of it all
It's low hum
The feeling I know it's there, but cannot see it
Not a ventilator, not a drone song
But thunder from another world

Three summers past
Near Jackson Hole, Wyoming
When the sun disappeared and we sat
Our phones not ringing
The sun in stream water reflected before darkness came
The image of you pouring coffee
There is room in this for us to feel happy