(sadhana)

Earth Day
I am humming
” Can’t help –
as I perform my abhyanga,
rubbing my body down
with olive oil.
Beyond my own boundaries
there is composting and
filling the bottles with water
at the river machine,
a special trip for the
sprouted grain bread,
yet another for food
clean enough to eat.

And all of this is
just as much effort
in reverse,
to eliminate
in a way that does no harm.

It all takes time
but if, no when –
I embrace it
sadhana
sadhana
sadhana
sahana
I will have
all the time
there is.

4/22/97