Sometimes, I wait.
I watch,
OOMeasure,
OOAllow,
OOAssimilate.
Sometimes, I reframe.
Perhaps my perspective needs adjustment.
How is my time best spent?
Now?
I don’t know how to get it back.
Action is not always called for.
Sometimes, I wait.
— Tekla A. Syers resides in Chicago as a student and teacher of metaphysics; smitten grandmother; dabbler in culinary arts; semi-retired fund development and nonprofit management consultant; and a craftswoman. She enjoys music and art in myriad forms and makes time to observe and reflect on why folks and things are as they are.