Settle.
Like dust,
after the storm everything settles to the ground.
The air becomes calm and everything seems to be at peace.
The atmosphere can breathe a sigh of relief.
But what of the leaves?
In the fall when all that was up must once again come down?
When the wind blows and everything shifts,
where does one lonely leaf go?
Into oblivion because it is never known.
To allow peace and simply go with the wind is to be completely free.
To follow the waves and drift off into the hectic ocean
is to become one with something bigger than yourself.
And to settle with the dust and
become the remains of something much bigger than yourself
is to become human.
Human Dignity + Compassion = Peace.