if anything,

i hope the weight is on your 

back,

not your chest;

like days in the sun

or needles in the wood,

live lightly

and deliberately;

hold in

and hold on 

and hold out

like a flame

blown,

or like circles 

in the crop;

or like ashes 

in the clay;

be unnoticed 

until you are 

spilled over the 

surface,

level with the world,

and have evened the playing field;

sit down,

and feel what is around you 

spin 

on its head

like a dime on its rim.

hold in your hand a stone,

and let it hold you like

the earth 

itself.