Simply
Eliminating the clutter
Paring down the frills
Limiting the unimportant
Filling it with stillness
Seeking the contemplative
Hungry for solitude
Needing to live simply
Mind numbing entertainment
Intended to fill the void
To create noise in the quiet
Turbulence in the stillness
Electronic goons
Marching us to my death
Needing to live simply
Death brings a welcome rest
From the busyness of doing
Unable to slow down
Always saying YES to more
Until the collapse
From the rubble comes a song
Needing to live simply
Tearing down the walls
Do they protect or do they isolate?
Opening up space
Resisting the desire to fill
Welcoming the equanimity
Empty arms doing nothing
Needing to live simply
~~~
2014
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