Goldenrod

by Morgan Harper Nichols

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you don’t have to have
answers for everything.
even though finding the pattern
helps you breathe.
you can still think things through,
while noticing that this year
the things you try to solve with thought
have also been changing you.

and when the wind starts moving
in ways you didn’t expect,
and parts of life shift beyond your plans,
there is still room to stay steady
in your goldenrod way,
alive to change,
meeting movement and rest
at the same time,
slowly finding
your own rhythm
of learning and letting go,
even in turning times.

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Blessed Be! And so it is.