Let Go
Electronic goons entangle
Emails, texts, phone
All costing me not only money
But the stillness within my soul
Television barks, radio wails
Always connected, always available
I hear the whisper
The call of simplicity
Encouraging me
To just let go
Supper from the microwave
Nutrition starved calories
High fructose corn syrup
Salt, sugars, caffeine
My body is imprisoned
By the processed life
I hear the whisper
The call of simplicity
Encouraging me
To just let go
Retreating to my cushion
From the stillness I hear
Thoreau still speaking
“A man is rich in proportion
To the number of things
He can afford to let alone.”
I hear the whisper
The call of simplicity
Encouraging me
To just let go
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2015