In a quiet room, with light stretching to the edge,
Softest ἀταραξία without a blurb in you I pledge
The turbulent trouble agitates us all into an away
Untroubled calm, inner peace meets us in a sway
Deep in Epicurus Pyrrho--our very goal of living,
You remain after the easing is complete--swiving,
By the still water, let its beauty absence inside us,
Nothing presses in a pull no demands gentle gus
Dismissing all the drama, what resides in us true,
The past loses its echo regret it's grip slow in you,
Standing straight & clear, your thoughts at home,
In the line, the fragments, brushes past us a dome
A kind of calm only found when we settle & slide
Into the unknown in us a whisper shouting a ride
Disturb no fear, excess desire restless comparison,
You don’t seem to need more enough shapely sun
… less pressing against you, serenity in us unfold,
That moment in the stars I swear I see you in gold.
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Jun 1, 2026 at 7:05 AM UTC
In a quiet room, with light stretching to the edge,
Softest ἀταραξία without a blurb in you I pledge
The turbulent trouble agitates us all into an away
Untroubled calm, inner peace meets us in a sway
Deep in Epicurus Pyrrho--our very goal of living,
You remain after the easing is complete--swiving,
By the still water, let its beauty absence inside us,
Nothing presses in a pull no demands gentle gus
Dismissing all the drama, what resides in us true,
The past loses its echo regret it's grip slow in you,
Standing straight & clear, your thoughts at home,
In the line, the fragments, brushes past us a dome
A kind of calm only found when we settle & slide
Into the unknown in us a whisper shouting a ride
Disturb no fear, excess desire restless comparison,
You don’t seem to need more enough shapely sun
… less pressing against you, serenity in us unfold,
That moment in the stars I swear I see you in gold.
I imagine we take a trip, vacation, deep in the white ataraxia, where rivers of snow seem to wait, undressed in its peace, for us to slip inside, a presence, a knowing in the calm, where we find ourselves wanting us in all
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