You may already know what it is.
You may already know what it is.
A bed.
A bed.
A bowl.
A bowl.
A collar.
A collar.
A blanket.
A blanket.
A drawer.
A drawer.
Or an object left unchanged.
From the days when your pet was beside it.
Or an object left unchanged.
From the days when your pet was beside it.
Other spaces may have shifted.
Other spaces may have shifted.
Other things may have been moved.
Other things may have been moved.
This one has been kept just so.
This one has been kept just so.
Knowing may not be the difficult part.
Knowing may not be the difficult part.
Passing by, time after time.
Passing by, time after time.
Waiting for the moment that does not quite come.
Waiting for the moment that does not quite come.
Many pause at this threshold —
Many pause at this threshold —
not for lack of knowing,
not for lack of knowing,
but before the weight that has yet to find its place.
but before the weight that has yet to
find its place.
This is where entry becomes possible.
This is where entry becomes possible.
Held within bounds
Held within bounds
It stays with one object, and does not exceed it.
It stays with one object,
and does not exceed it.
It does not ask you to open everything.
It does not ask you to open everything.
It does not turn into an ongoing practice.
It does not turn into an ongoing practice.
It is a limited experience, entered once and drawn to a low stillness.
It is a limited experience, entered once and drawn to a low stillness.
Not therapy.
Not memorial.
Not ongoing.
Not therapy.
Not memorial.
Not ongoing.
This is for one thing.
This is for one thing.
Proceed
A single entry. The rest remains undisturbed.
A single entry. The rest remains undisturbed.