How to Stop Rushing - Jennifer Louden

[Larry Robinson]

How to Stop Rushing

Sit in an alpine meadow or
     by the side of a dying friend
 
Taste the wind
     her letting go breaths
 
Imagine a glacier scouring the valley
     her first inhale
 
A butterfly alights on your hand:
     become a flower, nourishment for it’s life
Her gaze turning toward eternity, finds you:
     become a bridge for her passage
 
You will not rush the butterfly or
      your friend’s last glimpses of this life
 
So: why rush this?

	- Jennifer Louden
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