Contemplation: Nature

Tough day,
But the shingles
Are slowly healing.

Today’s method
Was concentration
On the breathing;

In addition to this,
Loving-kindness
Towards the virus,

Continuing to offer
Peace to this
Wayward creature,

That like every being
Merely seeks to exist
For as long as it can,
And to replicate itself
Like all life does.

But there is a balance
In this human being,
Between the human cells
And the countless others
All living together;

When this equilibrium
Is disturbed
Then a new harmony
Must be found,
A fresh homeostasis;

And so I wait
For the dust to settle,
Meanwhile patiently
Continuing to practice
For as often and as long
As I am able.