Time to take a breath
And enjoy
All that life
Has provided
Slow down
I tell
My body
My heart
And my soul
Slow down
And smell the roses
and those are only words
for
i
can't
slow
down

Slow down
Mind
Help me to see
And understand
What you are trying to say
I can’t reach into
The depths of my mind
When it is flowing
At such a fast pace
How do I capture
This life
That is mine
Or meant to be
When I CAN’T
SLOW
DOWN

An envelope filled with tulips
Painted as an image of life
On canvas with brush
And all I see
Is an empty canvas

My mind is literally exploding
With  ideas and thoughts
And images of things
I can  paint and write
And put into poetry
And I can’t slow
My mind down
It’s racing at a speed
That exceeds my ability
To express
How do I put onto paper
All the thoughts
That I am experiencing
In a single moment
How can I slow down
The process of time
When I am but
A mere
Human being



I want to paint and express
All the images
That I  am seeing
And
They’re going by too fast
For me
To capture
So
I sit
At my keyboard
And close my eyes
And allow
All
To
Come forward




Images
Pictures
Words
All
Coming forward
And
I can’t slow them down
So
I write
Is this
What its like
To be
A genius
Or
If I was a genius
Would I be able to
To capture
All the thoughts
And
Pin them down
In a
poem

My mind likes
To play a game
Keep me away
From my purpose and aim
It pulls me from
A focused stare
It beckons to me
From its nightmare lair
A place where it
Takes over my life
Gives me no chance
Puts me in strife
‘Till I can no longer
Find out who I am
I whirl with thoughts
Like a placid lamb
So I think I’d better
Learn to meditate
Keep my mind still
Keep my focus straight
Then I will no longer
Be a sham
I will become
The great ‘I AM’

Christmas day
Has come and gone
The wait was hard
And the wait was long
We tidied up
And set things in order
We packaged presents
With ribbon border
This year we had to
Keep away
Isolate at home
Or we would pay
So sit, I did
At an empty door
Looked at the lights
And my cookie store
And came back to
A harsh reality
Christmas isn’t about presents
It’s about mortality