There is a place on earth
where stillness and motion meet

where a pool of water
or the petal from a single stem

catches the eye

expressing through its rarified
being-in-time

perfection

and the seeing of this apprehension seeks
not to impede nor master

this moment

allowing it instead to be
where it ought most to be--

this reverential care

this fragile power
shared

this delicate
body-in–the-mind

this two way mirror where the seen
looks back

mysteriously

acknowledging
in mutual respect

this radiance of the gaze

Nelson Gray

GIFTED - for Beth Carruthers, 2000