Incense

silently swirling,
        spreading out
                soft and sweet,
                        the burning stick releases smoke,
                the quiet scent and its magic
        freed into the air,
  affecting all it meets
              touching--feeling--grasping
                  grasping more than feeling
                          feeling more than touching
                              smelling more than grasping
                    Its soft scent
                        Not overbearing,
                            Calming my mind
                                Entering my subconscious,
                                    Now fading from the
                                        Stressful thoughts and
                                            Experiences of my life

-Miostiek, 3/7/95