To Be Still

Be still and silent?

Me?

Sit in silence,

not just in the absence of sound,

but in the silence of the mind

when the whirling thoughts calm

as if in the eye of the storm?

And to remain there, perfectly still,

for as long as it takes?

 

There's a place in High Park I think about.

Not really isolated

(there's no real isolation

in such a busy park).

but quiet in a way that draws me.

I found it last summer

and imagined it as my refuge—

a place to sit and be still.

To read. To dream.

 

But it was never the right moment.

Each of my days was too busy

for a walk into the park.

Or I was too tired.

Or it was raining.

Or cold.

Or hot and humid.

 

But I know where this place is.

And soon, for sure, I'll go there.

Once spring is here.

Or summer.

 

 

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