After we have cleared away

I must be a trial and error sort.  I will not renew the LPC or the CADC.  They are not necessary to do what I am called to do.  I will still draw upon the knowledge and the resources I gained in acquiring them.  The burning bush is still beautiful when it is bare.  Birds come to roost.  The neighbor*s cat knows it is holy, even without its leaves.

After we have cleared away

The things we do not need

The horizon goes on

As if

Forever.

Possibilities gain

Sharper definition,

Page after page

Of a coloring book.

Page after page

Of outlines,

They only require a medium

To be selected:

Color crayons

Watercolor

Sepia tones

Perhaps pen and ink

Maybe even broken bits

Of mosaic tile

To fill between the lines.

Possibilities gain

Sharper definition.

Sometimes

After all is cleared away

It seems we have been painting background

All along

And now

And now

We can see individual trees

In the forest

And now

And now

The birds are no longer hidden

By the leaves,

They sit on the branches

Of the burning bush

Which barely burned

This year.

And now

And now

Leaves gone

I see the neighbor*s cat

Sits underneath.