You won’t find this answer
in the room of comparison —
it will expose the sensitive film,
and the image
that would rise up in the still darkness
of your own concentration
will be flooded out,
the alchemy aborted

You will find this answer
only as you learn
to close everything out
except the micro movements
of the present moment
as they unfold in timelessness

In that moment
(who can say how long it takes —
days? years? decades?)
you will see.

©Wendy Mulhern
January 20, 2020