*image by Ben Harubin

 

Upon first coming on an egg
you could hold it, and look at it,
and speculate on its nature -- or –
you might brace up your nerve and break it up,
and see for yourself
what is inside.

Truth be told, this is not really the best approach,
for if you will cease listening to your own
mind’s speculations on its contents,
it will break open of its own accord,
and freely reveal itself to you.

The difficulty in understanding the song of the
birds that fly by you
is not due to the flight of the birds,
but to the flight of your thoughts trying to
understand their song.