All across the wind-blown ocean — A languid swell
makes tide bells clang across the bay,
their steady, unhurried rhythm
older than our human time,
the ancient slow-brown river
in a silent dance
with restless winds,
while sudden intuitions
bring something deeper
to the moment,
inspiration
like a sound
heard not by our ear
but by our heart,
illuminations of new meaning
for travelers of the inner…