Say Yes

"Ano-raniyan, Mahato-mahiyan
One atom of the smallest, greater than the greatest"
~Upanishads

Say yes because the small
is more powerful than the great.
The gentle overcomes the strong.
A spinning quark contains the galaxy,
a formless fragrance the death
of a thousand flowers.
Twelve soft voices singing in firelight
shake the planet more than an army.
The clan is wiser than the nation,
and your mother’s nipple
gathers all the ancestors
in a taste of cream.
See how a rainbow engulfs the sky,
flashing from a droplet?
Every language speaks
from the silent bindhu,
every book from the tittle
of the ayin soph.
One breath taken, given back,
recapitulates the fall
and ascent of your species.
This soft inhalation is fraught
with the weightless burden
of ten billion suns.
Oh the small, the local,
is more lovely than any idea!
The boundless joy of the coming day
in a sparrow's chirp,
the beat of moth wings in a moonbeam
opening imperishable worlds
of darkness.