Flow

May what I do flow from me like a river,
no forcing and no holding back,
the way it is with children.
~Ranier Maria Rilke~

The story of how this I-Opener came to me is told at "Being As Water Is."

FLOW

Be,
as water is,
without friction.

Flow around the edges
of those within your path.
Surround within your ever-moving depths
those who come to rest there—
enfold them, while never for a moment holding on.

Accept whatever distance
others are moved within your flow.
Be with them gently
as far as they allow your strength to take them,
and fill with your own being
the remaining space when they are left behind.

When dropping down life's rapids,
froth and bubble into fragments if you must,
knowing that the one of you now many
will just as many times be one again.

And when you've gone as far as you can go,
quietly await your next beginning.