You Are Where Your Mind Wanders
Sitting
In a peaceful garden
Soundings of
Birdsong
Enter in
Interjected intermittently
By automobiles
Rolling on by
Under a warming blue
Sky.
But, the inner eye is
Elsewhere
Harbouring another care.
For
You are
Where your mind wanders
Where your heart ponders,
Regardless of the place
Occupied by your face.
Listen
Be still
Allow the sound to fill
You, with present concerns
Here and now.
Furrow not your brow
In troubles elsewhere
You cannot be there.
Let the scampering ants
Scarper away your troubles
And chance
Yourself here
Mind and heart clear.
Sitting
In a peaceful garden
Breathing free within
Allowing solar rays
To fall upon the skin
And sounds of birds on ear
Just hear
Here.
Simon C.J. Falk 2 November 2017
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Beautiful prose Simon thank you – hope all going very well post op.
Thanks Susan.
Hi Simon – didn’t realise you’d had an op – or forgotten more likely …so I definitely hope you are healing … on the other hand you have time to let your mind wander and give us beautiful words … just occasionally these times come – a long journey, a minor op, or healing time … take care and let your mind wander – cheers for a peaceful weekend – Hilary
Thanks Hilary. Yes, a blocked artery caused a heart attack. I’m on the mend. This poem was part of my recuperation.
Oooh gosh … I’m so glad to read you’re on the mend … take care and recover fully .. that’s great you can draft and write your poetry while recuperating and recovering … all the very best – Hilary
‘Just hear, here’…. Very nicely ended. And I agree, you are where your mind wanders. In my case – the mountains.
I love the mountains. However, just now, my minds wanders to Christmas duties; to packing ready to move; to all the blog posts I’ve been missing from you, Damyanti, Belinda and all the crew. It feels I’m on a train that is passing all the lovely blog stations en route elsewhere 😦
No worries Simon. This train isn’t going anywhere. Hope you’ve recovered completely now. good health and good day to you 🙂
Lovely prose 💛
Thank you.