Heart and Mind

It is harder to be still

than to run and walk

harder to be silent

than to chatter and talk

It is harder to to be here

than to be someplace else

harder to live in the now

than in past and future worlds

it is harder to taste a spoonful

than to eat away a bowl

harder to slow down some

than to be always on the go

it is harder to let go

than to hold on to our fears

harder to count our blessings

than to lick our wounds and tears

it’s hard to live a life 

that’s aligned to our core

hard to hold on to our convictions

than letting them adrift and blown

It’s harder to turn the gaze inwards

than to see outside

it’s hard to ask ourselves the questions

that we have been asking others awhile

it’s hard to stay invisible 

yet lead people to their goals

hard to not seek accolades 

but just be fulfilled in our roles

its harder to be soft and supple

than to be rigid and firm

harder to yield like water and flow

than to be rock like adamant like and stern

It gets hard because our vessel 

is filled up to the brim

with our thought and desires and needs and wants

that we crave to get fulfilled

we cling and hold onto everything

like with a metal clasp

in the end though, we are the ones

who are held firmly in their grasp

the trees that lays itself bare

in the fall and winter months

is the one on which nature’s splendor abounds

when spring doth finally return

So let’s loosen up the grasp a bit

let’s learn just a little to let go

making space in our hearts and minds

for the Universe to finally flow

unfurl the sails of mind a bit

let the winds of heart decide

where we go and what will be

and not be held back by our stony minds

for what is mind but some compulsions

and memories mixed up in a vat

to do such and such and have so and so

and to get to this place and that

the empty space that our hearts do hold

is where Nature frolics and plays

is where truth lies, is where Gods live

is really the Universe’s way