Me and my absent client

Eight-thirty-two am

Orange candles and I

Wait within

My client’s absence.





Such expressed need last week

Have passed upon

More rivers of life experience

Hopefully.





I hold him, his essence

In my heart.





May he be well

May he be safe

May he be protected

May he be at peace.





Nine-oh-four am

Distant

Insistent city sirens

Crash into my absent clients time





and





The driver

The paramedic

The one in crisis

Their family and friends

Enter our session.





So many opportunities

To breathe in Amaan

To breathe out Light.





Nine-thirty am

My absent client

Parts from my heart

Payment due





My candle still burning

This city still turning





and





I sit still and wait.

Amaan: A call for refuge and peacefulness within Ultimate Love

Traffic jamming Light and Grace

Fuming beyond

this zebra crossing dripping throng

this head down, striding long

Gortex sway of human form

as wiper blades scud and grate

across this screen that separates

my heart from spleen from

gentle grace of

worried lines on

brethren’s face.

 

And yet.

 

unknowingly still I bow, yes

beyond this dashboard reach

for conditioning air

this rain filled rage begins to clear

as Lightening weight accelerates

and soft green shoots now reappear.