As I’ve grown a little older…when I stop to look around
I see life moves as fast as it always has…but it’s me who has slowed down.
As I climb the ladder of life…each year reaching a new rung…
I’m slowed by knees and eyes and ears
that don’t work as well as they did when I was young.
“You can’t run on me anymore!”
That’s what my knees would say if my knees could talk.
So instead of running from place to place…I’ve been forced to walk.
And while I’m walking
because my eyes don’t see as clearly as they used to see
I’m forced to walk a little slower and sometimes stop…
to see what I want to see.
Because my hearing over the years has started to fade away
I have to look more people in the eye and listen more carefully
to what they have to say.
But…since I have to walk more slowly,
and look and listen more carefully to the world around me…
I find I have the time to enjoy a little more
the people and the beauty that surrounds me.
Which makes me wonder about all the beauty I might have missed…
all the wonder
all the fun…
back when I had eyes and ears that worked much better…
atop knees on which I’d run.
By horse-cart when Santa Claus rode,
Through our untarred yoyo village road,
Axis like a dough disc,
Broke; Santa was at risk;
Lo! His expedition got slowed...!
30 November 2022
Slowed down vibration of earth life
More so in waking state
Helps us to discern without strife
Desires that agitate
As we enter silence
Stirs inner sentience
Our soul’s blissful presence
Feel each sensation
Slowed down vibration
23-November-2021
Quietus
Time has slowed
Not because it’s meant to
But because
You think a million things a second
Time has slowed
Not because it wants to
But because
Pain is fast but last a lifetime
Time has slowed
Not because you’re focused
But because
Everything is happening at once
Time has slowed
Not because it's tranquil
But because
Your senses have drowned
Time has slowed
Because this is it
Time has slowed
Because time is up.