Let Time Be Shy
Do not chase time,
driving too fast
to the next of too many
destinations
Unload your calendar
from your right shoulder
Sip coffee on your patio
in the cool morning hour
Let time come out
like a fawn from the whispering greens
Do not reach or try to squeeze it
into your travel mug
No, keep your coffee
in a porcelain cup
Ask nothing
See everything
Time will lie down and stretch out before you
on the sun-ripening earth,
a sentient deer
with nowhere more important
to be.