Consonant: Keeping On

Continuing to seek
Before mind,
And ending up
Patching clothing,

But it’s the same thing
Mundanely performed,
Peering between
The threads;

There is before mind
Here too, as everywhere else
Within the practical
Everyday tasks;

Herein lies the core,
All the answers
I am looking for,
Within these spaces too;

The texture
Of the cloth
Reveals
The fabric of reality.

Sitting and breathing afterwards,
Observing the present feeling,
Relief and release
From the need to do,

Which I would not feel
If I had not done
All the work
That came before,

All that hand sewing,
Which so wonderfully
Concentrated my attention,
Replacing a collar and mending,
And watching for before mind.