ikigai
to put something into the world
that wasn't there before: a poem
or drawing. A perennial in the corner bed.
to honor and prepare the way for the ways
we learn, to affirm that learning is nature,
that it happens where the soil is rich.
to see the world as it is and take note,
to feel the presence that is not me,
to touch stones and flowing water.
to find joy, to hold it briefly in my hands
and to pass it forward before its light
diminishes, to sow sparks.
to connect piece to piece, to draw
lines and raise blinds and find the unexpected
ways we match and align to each other.
to be useful and attempt to live
in ways that others find pleasure in, to give
good counsel and honest effort.
to love and make love known
with every muscle and every breath, to gather
and discover our treasures together.
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