by Kris Patel
If your burden is heavy, set it down
Rest for a bit under a tree, breathe
Gentle breeze or storm, it will pass
Life is Yin & Yang – flux and fleeting
Gather loved ones – skip the meeting—
Family, friends, the people who last
The dogs and plants too, love replete
Everything is joined together: Harmony
To wish things were different is misery
Living too quickly—we drown beneath
Descending into the deep, blue, silent sea
Do not resist the enveloping pressure—
Embrace the course of the natural cycle
The screens and videos have blinded;
Stripped our values: a swift sandstorm,
Eroding the thin façades of our homes –
Melting memories like mounds of snow.