Humbled

How silly I am

I thought I was being so brave

So strong

I thought I was giving something

Maybe I did

Maybe I was

But then

In all my reaching and emptying

I have only received

I felt so big 

But now

Like nothing

Not even a grain of sand

Utterly impoverished 

I stand in awe

Of what you have given me

I taste the salt of home again

I don’t know anything 

Heart swells and empties

Flows and ebbs

I tremble

And fade Westward