Today’s poem is Abide by Jake Adam York. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.

In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem sees existence as a fleeting encounter of sublime immensity — one where we intertwine with the natural world, such that we have no other choice, but to awaken to all life around us.”

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