I find serenity in nature
I discover myself in nature’s serenity

Whether paddling across a mountain lake
Ripples and clouds moved by the lightest breeze
A day like a peaceful sigh

Or standing atop an oceanside cliff
Face into the fierce onshore wind
Waves crashing against the rocks below
Rain and spray soaking my clothes

That’s the thing about nature
It has no agenda but to be
To be is a state of impermanence

Whether storm or calm
No matter
These are nought but conscious evaluations
Accompanied by prejudicial metaphors
Nature knows them
As it knows itself
Impermanence
Change

Nature does not accept change
Nature is change

As nature changes
It knows neither content
Nor discontent

I soak myself in nature
To learn its wisdom