Pausing Is Important

Sit out on the porch for a while.
No intent as I watch the sun descend.
Thoughts ebbing and flowing.
Memories surface then fade away.
Feels like freedom to me.
With no rush to fill my head.
Natures sounds are relaxing.
Quite different to always ploughing through.
Rather than taking time to soak up what’s surrounding you.
Never planned to be quite this wired.
Fixed on a treadmill of someone else’s desires.
Yet sadly that’s where I have been.
Hence why I’ve always been pushing.
Now I see that I’ve been a fool.
Need to learn to take my foot off the mule.
Hang back and enjoy this time that I have.
Instead of forever following a direct path.
For peace comes with acceptance and serenity.
Not rushing headlong into a new entity.
And so here I sit watching as the world spins.
Couldn’t be more attuned with simply being.