Both–And

In the grand both–and,

or is a low wall

in a large field

with no power to divide.

And time, unbound,

like animal time or wind time,

sends its seconds

in all directions

at once,

always balanced

on the now,

so the once-was

and the might-yet-be

grow thin and flat.

The call is

to turn

and enter,

so doer is deed

and pray-er is prayer.

Here is being and becoming

and the many-as-one

and grace lived

from the inside out.