Give It Time

It is not my pretension,
and it isn’t a case
of the room being
too small
or the table
too big,
there is ample space
everywhere except in
the mind regarding it.

I recall the inconvenience
we shared in a smaller place,
there wasn’t enough room to run
or hide, not that we ever did –
it was our first home;

but where the mind has formed
pathways of belief the devil takes
a power of shaking. This space has
the making of a grand dining room
with our new dining suite.

I say don’t close your eyes to it,
have a mind to let it grow
into that place; let’s sit here
quietly a while, drink wine –
eat this food we’ve prepared
– and give it time.
© 24 March 2007, I.D. Carswell