WAITING FOR BAMBOO

Waiting for Bamboo    
acrylic on wood panels by Candace Knapp 
10 inches  x 10 inches    

WAITING FOR BAMBOO



Waiting for bamboo
to reach the sky,
there is yearning.

Dragonflies circle above.
Sun rises,
slips across the flowers,
penetrates the bamboo forest.

The young bamboo
does not seem to move
and yet it is taller every day.

I begin to understand.
How sure
the force that stirs within
when the intention is pure.

When thought is singular
there is no limitation.