This mind has a life of its own.
It invents infinite lists…
of tasks to do,
of whos to be,
of conversations to replay,
of facts to analyze,
of images to dissect,
of memories to revisit,
of futures to find,
of art to create,
of words to compose,
of dances to choreograph,
of stories to live…
of needs
of wants
of likes
of loves
and so it goes…
on and on.
I’m immersed in the mind as I sit with it all,
the time ticking by and I’m…
Impatient.
Anxious.
Hungry.
Thirsty.
Itchy.
Too hot.
No, too cold.
I’m entirely too dog-covered!
I need a cookie.
and I’m…
smelling flowers that are wilting.
and I’m…
waiting for this 15 minute self-imposed morning meditation to be over,
so I can go on with my *very important* day.
I have forgotten what the point is.
I try yoga-teachering myself, in an attempt to remember,
but the undone stuff calls, waits, looms, threatens, even.
Then, a subtle shifting.
A clicking.
Faint on the periphery
a thousand cicada tymbals vibrate
their persistent little stream of sex and magic.
The chorus swells
into a tidal wave of sound
breaking through
scattering the thought-sandcastles
the mind awash disintegrates like salt
and in the undertow…
the present.
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August 5, 2014 at 12:07 pm
CultFit
What kind of cookie …
August 8, 2014 at 4:06 pm
Lunar Euphoria
Oh what a question!
Back to Nature’s Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Eric Mama’s Butter Cookies
Whole Food’s wedding cookies or cheese cookies or snickerdoodle cookies
Kashi Soft-Baked Dark Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies
Starbuck’s Shortbread cookies
Natural Nectar Dark Chocolate Cookies
Pepperidge Farm Chessmen Cookies
El-D mama’s oatmeal cookies
El-D’s “healthy” cookies
August 5, 2014 at 2:45 pm
Debra Parmley
Beautiful.
Oh how I can relate to this poem.
August 8, 2014 at 4:07 pm
Lunar Euphoria
I figured you could π
August 5, 2014 at 6:03 pm
skatturcast
Reblogged this on Skatturcast's Blog and commented:
Yes…the mind does have a life of it’s own! I invite you all to read: Of Sound Mind by my sister.
August 8, 2014 at 4:07 pm
Lunar Euphoria
Hey! Thanks for that.
August 10, 2014 at 8:27 am
skatturcast
Your Welcome! π
August 10, 2014 at 11:18 am
Kathy
Yes. So many meditations like this. So much mind-chatter. And then the dropping away into cicada choruses, into the rich cusp of the present moment.
October 30, 2014 at 12:06 am
Lunar Euphoria
That moment seems so elusive at times.