Path Walking

Path walking
   brief journies
   each day
   along known and
   unknown
    trails
    often leading
    in a circle
    a Pilgrimage
    nontheless.
 Some of the
    journey
    muffled by
     earbuds
Some with
     frivlous chatter
When all along
     wonder
     amazement
     mystery
     adventure
Totally envelope us
     as we jog
               walk
               in fits & starts.

Path walking
 a rehearsal
  for the
  hard reality
   of living,
    an experiment
     in paying attention
     a little while.
Maybe the
  excuse is
   just plain
    exercise
    losing weight
    looking good
    fighting depression.
But the stark
 action
 is facing all creation
 being part of
 "What Is"
Being counted as
 "environment"
Being part of
 "Creation"
Being included in
 "Life."

Path walking
 cutting across
 intersecting
 sliicing through
  boarders
  boundaries
   where living
    life
    energy
      is spinning
          shivering
          shaking
          quaking
  and we are in
   the middle
    of it
     all.
Sometimes
   unaware
occassionally
   reveling
possibly
  thanking
The God deep
  within all that's
   Life!

Richard W Smith
8/18/2010