#mindfulness poems on Hello Poetry

Scorpius Mar 2020

Stuck
And struggling
She found her way
On her mat
To witnessing
The loveliest
Things in her
Life
Bubbling up,
Bit by bit,
Bound by directives
For how she must love them.
And for a moment,
She breathed,
And loved past
The musts,
And there was space
For them
And her lovelies
And her.

#yoga #mindfulness #pandemicpractice

Matthew Muink Mar 2020

Captcha

"I'm not a robot,"
you tell a web page,
neither thinking
nor blinking,
mildly befriending the rage.

Monkey's in the wild,
the coffee's spilled.

What was it again?

#interwebs #observation #mindfulness

Damian Murphy Mar 2020

Zen...

Who would seek Peace, Harmony, Zen,
Should spend some time in a garden.

#life #thoughts #you #peace #harmony #zen #mindfulness #nature #body #mind

Laura Mar 2020

Happiness, but for how long?

Happiness, but for how long?
How long until sadness returns?
Peace, but for how long?
How long until anxiety rules again?
Safe, but for how long?
How long until fear takes over?
Love, but for how long?
How long until it's gone?

Always fretting over what's to come
Forgetting to enjoy the present.
Blessings on my lips and tongue
But my mind will not relent.

#anxiety #mentalhealth #happiness #sadness #love #fear #mindfulness

Fleur Mar 2020

The World Turns

The thrum of a city’s streets; the lifeblood of the foyer’s rack.

A simple lobby to most in passing, yet—to some—a trap of loss and lack.

A meditation on people coming and going in life. Social circles, stations in life, and how permanent it all seems when you can't accept the process.

#city #world #sonder #mindfulness #passing #lifeblood #people #life

The Dybbuk Feb 2020

Black Sand

When the waves dance,
and as the tumbling void laughs,
and the coming whisper of the old tree shivers,
We die.
And we awaken in a gleaming world,
and tears wept in the beauty of
the moment
are kept in jars by homunculi.
Time surrenders to the mistakes of a younger
self, ignorant of the joy in stupidity.

#beach #mindfulness #happiness #joy

Toni Feb 2020

No man’s land

I often dream of a place
Far from home
Deep in the woods
I’m sure you know.
Away from the people
The buildings
The noise
Where the witches dance
And the fae rejoice
In their absence.

I can’t keep the woods out of my head, I just want to dance under the moon and laze away my days in grassy knolls.

#witches #witchcraft #fae #mindfulness #presence #mentahealtg

Karen Lang Feb 2020

Presence

I am here
Where else can I go?
My mind can pull me
My mind can take me
My mind can confuse me
But I stay in stillness
I stay focused on my breath
I stay in this moment
I am here
Nowhere else to be
With life
With it all
With nothing
I am here

Presence is a practice. So practice. :)

#peace #mindfulness #presence #thismoment #expansion

Klaus Jan 2020

Lighthouse

In the morning
I meander
mindfully

A quick drag
A sultry sip

In the morning
I meditate,
I meditate
Madness into a makeshift manual

A fresh breath
that lets out a quick crisp snap
and a call to all airs

A jittering jolt
followed by smooth calming hum

In pitch, on cue
Knowing what to do

The poise of a being
Instilled
Into a day

Take a deep breath

#anxiety #mindfulness #keeping #it #cool #morning