there is the silence there is the stillness

there is the silence there is the stillness
there is the no mind and what came after and what came before
there is the land one exited from
a land inimicable to ambition
easy to companionship
tending to be ordinary peaceful and calm
easily tending to be overlooked
somewhere privileged in short
the white kitchen with flowers on the table
the white pebble thrown into lucid water
slow circular radiations
more like a though than a reaction or resonance
and there was unarticulated knowledge
silence reaching out for more silence
solitude reaching out for more solitude
one had it without realising it
nor realising it one has it still