A Gentle Nudge   It happens sometimes — an unforeseen moment unburdened by yesterday or tired rehearsals for tomorrow — the world slowed   down like an opening rose with its scent and its color, a tacit hint of knowing without thinking of knowing, a gentle   nudge, no drama, no heavenly choirs or talking bushes, just the truth you’re meant to stare into — life’s steady quiet fire.     © Michael Fleming Dummerston, Vermont June 2021