Today in meditation
There was deep quiet.
There was quiet joy lifting
the corners of the mouth
and the knowing that this too,
this happiness and quiet peace
is also to be noted as it is,
as it eventually fades.
Identification with emotions and thoughts
like training wheels
to be removed as they once were
on a late spring day in the driveway.
Excitement, fear, pride, anticipation.
And off you go on your new
wild ride,
wobbling down the middle
of the old quiet road.