It’s All Happening Now
By
Jennifer Angelina Petro
Your awareness
Of your immediate
Surroundings–this
Moment, and
Your breath
Breathing presence
Into the world–
Is valid. Your pain,
Your falling asleep,
Your heartache,
Your little conversations
About how beautiful
The sunset is,
Your worries,
Your looking for your keys,
Your rising, glowing
Body—fluttering
With coming—
All of this—
Is valid.
And can you
Imagine–now, this
Moment–somewhere far
Beneath the ocean’s surface–
A whale drifts—
An acorn-barnacled
Monolith–singing
Light through forests
Of kelp and the bodies
Of a million fish—
Echoing in your very
Own longing—can you
Imagine?
Can you imagine–
Now, this moment–
Somewhere deep
In deep-green leaves—
Leaves as big as faces–
A panther, a shimmering
Piece of the night,
Licking its great paws,
And staring—all the way
From Indonesia—
Directly
Into your eyes?
Oh, can you—
Can you imagine?
It’s all happening
Now.
