In the early days of the Ukraine war, aspiring
to serenity — meditating — desperate to attain
inner peace, hearing a conversation…

Questions:
Spirit, I am asking, what is serenity?
— connection to Mother Earth?
— a love affair with the endless
tribe of sentient beings?

Answer:
Serenity — that moment we breathe
deeply, full of consciousness.

Question:
While meditating carefully, praying
for equanimity, am I near?

Answer:
Serenity — opening to wisdom
greater than the wild blue yonder.

Question:
Is serenity the emptiness living
in the sky and the sea?

Answer:
Serenity — acceptance of a perspective
far beyond what we ordinarily see.

Question:
Where is serenity, when we have broken our hearts
with news of war, having heard of Covid taking
six million souls?

Answer:
Serenity — land and ocean wait for us, not
giving what we want, but what we need.

Question:
With extinction at our footsteps, is serenity,
indeed, what we need?

Answer: Depression is called upon for your
unfolding spirituality.

Question:
How could serenity help us while Ukraine
and sentient beings are slowly dying.

Answers:
Serenity — reminding us of sunflowers unfolding —
as beautiful as they are relentless.

Question:
Do you mean acknowledging our parts in war and
extinction is Serenity?

Answer:
Glimpsing at majesty in Earth and the Heavens —
evoking, participating in consciousness.
Serenity leads to Spirit.

Question:
Does Serenity inhabit the night?