Essentials

go your way quietly
walk the path gently

be at home
where you are

know your place
about the cyclical round

find affinity with
what you see

intimacy with what
you touch

let your sweat
mingle with soil

let the earth
form round your sole

feel the sun
burnish your brow

follow the contour
of the land

know the shape
of the leaf

gather all at
end of season

fill your hours
with worthy toil

with the tool
that forms to

your hand and
knows your command

leave no mark
where you have been

take the air
as your own

in the brief interval
accorded your time

with gratitude for
the gift of

a generous hand
that expects nothing

but humility and perseverance
in the test of endurance