nature – Rubén Sebastián Muñiz

A single leaf leans

forward, out from the main branch –

it leans toward the sun. – RSM

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A ladybug runs

around the tip of my cup,

changing its direction. – RSM

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Brightness prevails on

the highway’s grand horizon.

all hues stripe the sky. – RSM

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Fatigue is the weight

of heavy experience.

Rest. Lighten the load. – RSM

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Consciousness surfing

is the way we all traverse

life’s chaotic waters. – RSM

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I get just enough

sleep that ‘one more episode’

is barely worth it. – RSM

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The body protests

the mind with fatigue; the mind

answers back with guilt. – RSM

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Silence is the world

reminding us to listen

to our deepest thoughts. – RSM

… the firmly planted plants grow stronger, in all directions –

At their base, the close-knit underground structure grows deeper,

and the young ones up top grow and bloom, blossom and loom over the sunny days,

fully aware of the world around them and its possibilities.

Perhaps the wind will take them somewhere far someday, these seedlings,

off the leaves of the branches of the old, wise tree they’ve grown from.

Perhaps they’ll fall right next to it, the seedlings to their source, and join a skyline of green,

shoulder-to-shoulder, shading the older and younger trees alike.

As many fish in our seas, there are branches and trees,

Forming new forests, while the old ones grow strong;

and they will all rise, fall, and become new again. – RSM

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