Walnut Springs Park
Our TA tells us to take a ten-minute walk on a green path
“Choose something that stands out to you, and bring it back to share”
I begin to walk in linear time
Towards now, towards never
Nothing draws me in anymore
A bumblebee dances between some pastel purple flowers
Mother Nature’s gifted bowls of fragrant nectar
I kneel to respectfully observe the fuzzy creature
Something always draws me in – when I let it
I notice three classmates pick some flowers in full blossom
Their petals bleed saturation
My bee buddy begins drinking the juicy florals
He buzzes from cup to cup in rapid motion
Is speed relative to size?
He withholds me from sacrificing his teatime
I realize I do not need them more than he does
Go forth
Keep walking through this physical dimension
I am so grateful this body is an anchor
I am so glad this vessel of flesh can ground me
My glance catches another flutter
I kneel down to seek what is seeking me
A camouflaged moth and her friend halt in time on a shattered log
There is something silently beautiful about what is not pretty on the surface
My perspective shifts to an open walnut
Broken on both sides in a forgiving manner, as if it were sculpted that way
So symmetrical from all angles
Math exists within every existence
Why do we foolishly disrespect it?
I choose the simple brown walnut
Simple yet complex