Yes

If the bees ask

for a time to just

simply “sit a spell”

on

the

edges

of their hive

that they may

just not work

for

one

small

instance

before they die –

living only

twenty-one days or so;

say, “Yes”.

It may be their

only time to see

the world for

something larger

than just the world

within which they are

driven to tend

the queen and make

an endless motion out

of creating honey,

wax, and propolis.

Say, “Yes”.

If the waters

suddenly turn to you

and request they

be allowed to cease

their endless flowing

to the sea

that they might

simply “be” for

one moment

with no

need

to race themselves

onward to the

vanishing point

of their merger with all

drops of endless ocean;

say, “Yes”.

I think they

may need that

singular perspective

before they are

lost into the

great oneness

of life’s tides.

Say, “Yes”.

And,

if by chance

you should

wake one morning

and feel the

urge to stand

in the bank of snow

just beyond your back door

and

to stare up

into the orange gray of

the morning storm

with your mouth and eyes

wide open

and arms

stretched out
at your sides

so you might

forget the

madness of

the world you

have created to

sustain yourself on

goods and services

all the day long;

say, “Yes”.

It may be the only

instance

in

time

you will

be given to

peer into

the Great Mystery

that is woven

through every

strand of life –

just

below

the surface

of perceptibility.

Say, “Yes”.

For, that

will assuredly

keep you

in the great

game

of awakened

awe and

wonder - 
breathing
the Mystery
into your
cells.

Without

that

you are

lost in an

endless,

empty rehearsal

for which

you will

never

know your lines

and never

find your place.

Say, “Yes”,

that there may

shine out

from your eyes

one

small

ray

of

light

that will make

you hunger

for more.

Say, “Yes”

to life’s hunger

for radical
amazement.

It will

set

you

free.

“Yes”.