tonywalt
03-17-2022, 07:34 PM
I am doing nothing
at the pool today
clouds drowsing above
someone is bombing cities
someone is screaming in traffic
someone is stuck in a broken elevator
I scratch my belly and
feel the butter warmth of
the sun on my shoulders
I am without the noise
of any language, and away
from the habit of striving and
the concerns of the herd
I am away from the dotting of i’s
and the crossing of t’s that have
become each
day
after
day
I would ask you to stay still
as if you were absent from yourself
and you hear me from a distance
and now be silent, for a while
just breathe in for 3 seconds
now breathe out for 3 seconds
Keep breathing
and I will do the same
I will now close my eyes, and
lie here with only the sound of
the bees in the grass
and you will stay quiet
and I will do nothing
and you will understand
the treasure of my escape.
at the pool today
clouds drowsing above
someone is bombing cities
someone is screaming in traffic
someone is stuck in a broken elevator
I scratch my belly and
feel the butter warmth of
the sun on my shoulders
I am without the noise
of any language, and away
from the habit of striving and
the concerns of the herd
I am away from the dotting of i’s
and the crossing of t’s that have
become each
day
after
day
I would ask you to stay still
as if you were absent from yourself
and you hear me from a distance
and now be silent, for a while
just breathe in for 3 seconds
now breathe out for 3 seconds
Keep breathing
and I will do the same
I will now close my eyes, and
lie here with only the sound of
the bees in the grass
and you will stay quiet
and I will do nothing
and you will understand
the treasure of my escape.