The Gift Offered
I resist surrendering to what is -
Life the way I want(ed) it to be
Causes much anguish
Creation slows
I move towards simplicity
To know truth
The gift of poetry,
Gets me out of my own way
Which is much better
Than thinking I have any answers
I relax into greater truth
Your gifts awaken something in me
My gifts awaken something in you
In our offerings we move
Together towards Wholeness
As trustees of the Light
May we surrender
To what is
Our souls uplifted
Creation continues
© Todd Greenberg - 01/04/25
Seen in Boulder Jewish News
Jan. 9, 2025
This poem was inspired by “The Gift,”
Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property,
A book by Lewis Hyde, 1979
