Absence confirms Presence. A Poem

I have my absence on this earth

manifesting as a transparent breeze

a body of insubstantiality that can only

pay respect to the field of sentient life.

Photo shows the pathway a few minutes walk from home in Totnes, Devon, UK

I have stood silent among the trees

in the twilight of a summer’s evening

until I have been forgotten in the midst of things

I have disappeared among the trees

joining them in their silent aloneness

like a choir that makes no sound,

Creatures emerge - the fox, the badger, the squirrel, the deer!

They have nothing to take notice of

for I am not there so they can abide safely

in this surrounding space

that becomes my treasure in fading daylight.

I have removed even the pressure of my footprint

upon the earth as I become a companion of the trees

and silent witness to magical life.