honey and sting

Stillness -- for troutkitty, who asked me to "Write a poem about leaps of faith that require you to stay exactly still."

Stay

Not a leap,
but a drop,
into a very busy
silence.

Electric buzzing bees light up
like a map of acupuncture points,
star systems, or nerves.

Don't fret --
it's only your mind
(and it's gorgeous).
This is not something
you need to
believe.
Just know
it will come to you,
the thing you've been wanting,
the thing you're beginning to suspect
you already have.

So don't run.
Don't hide.
Don't take anything
on faith.
You don't have to.
There's nothing to take.
Because everything is given,
to you, now.
All you have to do
is stay.