Sitting in Uncertainty

 

I’m learning to sit in uncertainty,

balanced on a rock 

in the middle of a roaring river 

that seeks to sweep me away.

It requires some degree of diligence

to find my center of balance,

to push back on the panic

when it tries to enter at the periphery.

The rock has deep roots in the earth,

a planet’s depth of gravity,

the raging water only at the surface.

I close my eyes and cling tight.

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