The present moment is my happy place
and, when I step back and appreciate
all my woes and worries are erased
I’ll simulate the energy of peace
when anger and impatience ravage me
and the world seems chockfull of instability;
because, when I remember to breathe,
I don’t surrender my power to a feeling
Sometimes I find I’m faced with a choice
Life can leave me feeling as if I’m without a voice
All things appear so dull and strange
My heart, aching for a change
And I can choose to lose it;
let my rage consume and guide me
My power, when I abuse it,
unleashes pain I hide inside me
Seeking to subdue, control, or placate
is a futile effort
We must waste our energy
to weaken what we wish to subordinate
Strength only doubles when we work together
Such is the same with one’s self
Fighting inner pain just drains
and serves to lessen health
Nothing else remains
and one retires again to rest
I’ll step back, and take a breath,
and remember what it’s like to be at peace;
let my soft awareness spread
from in the deep of me,
and assess
with love, encouragement and patience
any problem that keeps me
from seeing beauty
Because love lives in the aching heart
-in the wandering mind
Love, is what we know, what we might find
It is why we yearn and ache
It is why we persist, in spite,
or for the sake of it
So,
when I find that irate individual;
my mind and the world in turmoil;
when I can’t catch a break,
I can’t focus, can’t think,
I will remember love
is the nourishing thing
at the crux of being
It is the keystone
to the doorway to new paths
of consciousness and coalescence
of presence and connection
of Love itself
