There is this peace
that not many find
for it’s not temporary 
one doesn’t stumble upon 
or into or onto 
it’s not something else 
it is it just 
is it is so 
much is that is
is there and there
and just about everywhere 
except for the kind
of peace that almost 
everyone else tells themselves 
is peace when in fact 
that is just peacefulness 

I’m quiet
having found 
not what 
I’ve been 
looking for 
but many 
other things 
mostly things 
for people 
can’t be 
found for 
they are 
never lost
simply distracted 
looking for 
their own 
things which 
aren’t really 
lost either 

And a boy
had a love
a maple tree
and a grandfather 
and they planted 
that maple tree
together and the
boy like the 
tree grew and 
the grandfather like 
the tree too
grew and when 
the boy remained 
the grandfather left 
like the leaves 
of trees do

That sip
that taste 
that swallow 
and warm 
that kiss
that feel
that sigh
and know 
that touch 
that have 
that hold 
and love 
that then
that now 
that forever 
and you 

So many things 
have happened recently 
soul things love 
things past and 
present and future 
things that things 
as they were
and as they 
are and as
they once again 
might be have 
given me the 
peace as promised 
in my present 
with its harmony 
of soul and 
heart and mind