Clearing

View of clearing  for new storage area structure, seen from workshop side roof.

Clearing

1/29/10

The mind can be cluttered

with everyday pressures and concerns

especially when anticipating the future,

wondering what challenges will come,

somehow wanting to be prepared

which makes little room for

new expanse or healthy growth,

much like overgrown wooded hillside

where small, large trees, vie

for sunlight, space, needed ingredients

to fulfill their natural inclination,

and there is poison oak,

scotch broom, sticker bushes galore

that make movement, access, difficult

when pruning or eliminating obstructions

blocking one's clarity of vision,

whether immediately close or distant,

it requires small concerted actions

initiated for change in landscape

often times not knowing difficulties

waiting to be found underneath

brambles, brush, years of leaves,

all remnants to past cycles

while tools for unveiling vary,

chainsaw, loppers, rake, and clippers

depending what's needed in moment,

but finally, over exerted time

after bonfire burns old cuttings,

an intelligent clearing is revealed.