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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Be Still


Be still in your body,
and you will find rest.

Be still in your mind,
and you will find peace.

Be still in your spirit,
and you will find silence.

2 comments:

  1. Dr. MikeDecember 2, 2009 at 11:20 PM

    Niobe

    Watch a hummingbird
    Alongside a trellis.
    So fast do its wings
    Beat that it seems
    To hover in place,
    Feathers puffing wildly.

    The appearance of stillness
    Takes great effort.
    If it could sing, what
    Would it sound like?
    Whistles threading
    The eye of a needle.

    If it told a story to the stars
    It would be all synecdoche
    And anodyne for the pine.
    Piecemeal stitched together
    One earth there is no silence.
    A mother flings wide her quilt
    And loses all her children,

    [Disposable Poem December 2, 2009]
    Dr. Mike

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  2. The Rambling TaoistDecember 4, 2009 at 10:19 AM

    In our society of 24/7 news and information, the hardest of the three you listed often is the middle one.

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