Fallowing soil is a method of sustainable land management used by farmers for centuries . . .
Arable land lies unsown,
unplowed, unvisited
except by noiseless
creatures going about
their unseen business.
Untouching, we are learning
the wisdom of not doing.
Fallow days lie open
to the roiling energies
of a changing earth,
a changing sky. We are
learning to receive what
is given, to relinquish
what is taken. Our travels
take us inward. Our prayers
require starker words. We find
ourselves wandering in unexplored
places of the heart and return sobered,
content to let be what must be,
light the lamps, stay home, breathe
deep and wait for what time may
reveal and wisdom restore.
