Language

Habits of thought
         habit of action
first false friends
         :
an harmonious
         instrument
for what we share
         of the power
and beauty
         of the human
experience
         not to say
world
         universe

expression
         of the earth
voluble clay
         warm breath
that binds one
         to another
and one thing
         to another
so that
         all that can
coheres
         without losing
its charm or
         mystery

participatory
         less to define
more to embody
         sense and
the natural law
         of flesh
that spark of beauty
         in the eye
the innocence
         when innocent
the centered soul
         of unselectedness

John Lyons