Comfort

Do not confuse comfort with settled

Or make assumption that one is stagnant

As a redwood spreads its roots out

Connecting with the surrounding redwoods

There is a comfort found in stability

Not wealth shown in shiny symbols 

Or light reflecting off creating awe

But rather structure of relationships

Defined by common connection

Held together by time and commitment

When comfort is fully established 

It is the warm exhale after a long embrace

Comfort is acknowledging the desire for connection

Without the weaving of others into life

Humans are not functioning wholly

We need each other so that we can 

Find comfort even when the light 

Stops dancing through the forest and 

Darkness deafens the sound of life

Comfort is knowing we are all connected

And choosing to hold tightly to our necessity

We lie to ourselves and others when we act 

Like independence is separate of others

Find comfort in knowing you belong

The redwoods remain because they hold each other

There is comfort found in the arms of another.

[Eric Swanson-Dexel]