Reaching

I’m reaching up toward the sky
Toward the sun
Like a flower
I was reaching down 
Into the earth
Into the body

The earth is the larger body

The earth is the ground

The body is the ground
The ground of existence
Out of which this moment
And the next
Arise
Into which all of this falls away

Some of us are reaching into the ground
Like roots
Trying to gain our strength

Some are reaching up toward the sun
Like flowers
Reaching toward joy

I was reaching down for years
And today
For a moment
I am reaching up
Sensing the joy that is already mine