In Silence

Often times, we or the people we know, encounter difficult moments. My new affiliation to meditation helps me see hidden worlds ... in other words, the adaptive worlds hidden amidst the maladaptive compulsive strategies we gravitate to, mindlessly. So, I dedicate this poem for such a difficult moment ... to contemplate ourselves carefully ...

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I shut down ... Once thought it was the pain, Thence, thought ... It must be the ostracism ... I shut down ... for the pain came down then from quarters, I expected the least ... I shut down ... This time, because I knew It was a sign ... A beacon to perceive, observe ... A sign to let the dust settle ... A moment to pick the best to learn ... From the rest So, here I picked ... To bless those who 'made' the distance ... To 'make' habit(s) though not on stone ... To 'pick' my flawed image ... To 'yet' admire its pattern ... Without a bang or a whimper ... Just be ... So here I left ... My loaded chatter ... Without annoy or tantrum ... To observe the 'other's' too ... To admire their 'design' too ... Without annoy or tantrum ... Just be ... So here I see ... Me where I am ... They where they are ... The futility of seeing ends meet ... Yet, the beauty when they 'met' Out of their own will ... My infinite space/time filled with nothingness ... The potency of filling with worth ... Making nothingness sweeter ... I saw duty for me, for my mother, for my land ... for my dream ... I saw peace in me, I saw truth in me, I saw it all In silence ...