Risk

Constructing a world with

the narratives we already know

seems like a wise and safe place

to settle down... until a tale

comes along from beyond imagination;

stretching, poking, rearranging.

Then, what looked like paradise

turns out to be a house of cards,

trembling under every breath of wind.

So, do we rebuild, incorporating

these new truths or do we try

something altogether different?

Maybe we're not really

builders at all.  Are we farmers,

instead; planting, watering,

watching earth and sun

grow new chapters everywhere?

Depth that matters

is simply the room you give

others to sink their toes and roots

into soil you've already risked plowing.

What would happen if we gave up

the construction business and

did more gardening, instead?

God only knows what

stories and hopes might crop-up!

© 2013 Todd Jenkins