Poetry by James Moffatt

To Look at Anything 
by James Moffett 

To look at anything, 
If you would know that thing, 
You must look at it long: 
To look at this green and say 
“I have seen spring in these 
Woods” will not do – you must 
Be the thing you see: 
You must be the dark snakes of 
Stems and ferny plumes of leaves, 
You must enter in 
To the small silences between 
The leaves. 
You must take your time 
And touch the very peace 
They issue from.