Wait for Nature

There’s something beautiful
in the silence
that exists between man and animal.

And when that silence occurs in the wild,
with man and animal
face to face,
there’s something sacred
that passes between them.

The animal has allowed
the man
to peer into his eyes
--and in essence,
for a moment anyway,
the wild thing has
permitted the man to look at his spirit.

The animal does man a favor, really.

For in that moment,
there is a certain
reflective phenomenon
that happens.
Man sees his ancient past,
hears more clearly the voice of his human spirit,
and springs forward into his memory on behalf of his future.

That is why it is so important to sit in nature.
And to wait for it.