Poem – A Bloggers for Peace post

I have finally got the poem for (or maybe in this case of) peace drafted, based on elements of the original freewrite – although maturing cheese sadly didn’t cut the mustard, so to speak!

You will probably have noticed by now that I don’t  approach this challenge from a spiritual or holistic point of view.  For me, it’s too big, and covers too many approaches, to feel confident I can do it justice.

This is evident in virtually all my poetry.  The most successful efforts are about a specific feeling, or specific event; I’m the writing equivalent of a camera’s macro lens!

So this poem for peace is about a moment of internal quietness.  It is by no means polished – it takes me months and months to hone any poem until it’s good enough for my portfolio and this is a long way off that – but maybe if you’ve had a rubbish day, or have been really busy, you can take it to a quiet spot in your home, read it slowly, and use it as a chance to take a breath.  Apologies for the numbers between stanzas but for some reason that’s the only way I could put breaks in.

Peace

1.

I close my eyes and drift

On the air that stills my thoughts,

Melt into the moment

That exists, right now.

2.

Heart beats like a timepiece

Measuring the pulse of life

As I inhale, exhale

And become the quiet.

3.

My mind retires from

The daily back and forward

Of other people’s lives:

I am solitude.

4.

Peace flows like a wave,

Its tide smoothing away

Footprints of thought, left

In the sand of my mind.

Happy writing,

EJ

🙂

 

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