what does it mean to be empty
and what does it mean to be full?
empty air
over the still glass
surface of the pond
empty belly
geese make
full-throated calls,
expectant
on a monday after the clocks change–
magic hour of daylight
missing hour of sleep
banks empty
still winter-brown
the fluttering sound
of a goose
drinking from the pond
she glides across
empty water, swirling,
then still
after her passing
the park full
of people stunned
at the way winter falls away
the playground full
of children shouting
in foreign tongues
pen drops from my hand
over the empty boulder
into the clear water
rests on the empty bottom
my womb, empty again
this moment
full of silence
this mind
full of the moment
blessed
empty
Garden of Words 