Let Wild Things Be

Let wild things be wild,
sacred lives, holy lives
untangled from my intentions,
rising and falling as they will.

I could go out with patience,
into the wild to see wild things
upon the earth,
among the sage, juniper, and pinyon.

I could sit quietly here
and wait for the wild things
to come and visit
my garden and look for seeds here.

I open my hands
and let wild things be.