Darkroom

You won’t find this answer

in the room of comparison —

it will expose the sensitive film,

and the image

that would rise up in the still darkness

of your own concentration

will be flooded out,

the alchemy aborted

You will find this answer

only as you learn

to close everything out

except the micro movements

of the present moment

as they unfold in timelessness

In that moment

(who can say how long it takes —

days? years? decades?)

you will see.

©Wendy Mulhern

January 20, 2020