Sapling Tied to a Stake

If being confined
For whatever thing—
Disability,
Injury, cancer,
Prison, quarantine—

Teaches anything,
It’s pay attention
To the view that’s framed,
That’s stationary,
Window-limited.

Even the healthy,
Traveling body
Is a confinement
For the awareness
Inside its carriage.

Of course, things fly in
Through the window or
Shift in the distance.
The fixed perspective
May note many things,

But focus, attend
To the frame. That’s you.
Note you. Importance
Lies within that frame,
Which confines your view.