Month: June 2018

  • Lying Awake

    June 28, 2018

    Lying awake
    The clock hands moving
    1:30 am
    2:00 am

    And the usual meditation chant is not working:
    Breathe in peace
    Breathe out love

    Breathe in
    Breathe out
    In
    Out
    2:30 am

    And the tidal pool of dreams
    With its clear waters
    And tiny shells and fish
    Does not pull me under
    Into sleep
    3:00 am

    Because my monkey mind
    Keeps slipping away
    On the look out for
    The monster with the face of a turtle

    Who is smiling

    Or my monkey mind is busy writing notes
    To those even more terrified and worried and angry
    Than I

    And those notes say:
    You are loved
    You are not alone
    I stand with you