what’s it mean to be simple?
is it a mind thing
or is there more to it?
can it be (as simple as) living closer to the bone
there are many who do this and I wouldn’t say they like it
I am looking for a simple that is embraced
embracing gives as much as it gets
and that is both ways just a little
quiet walls easy chairs gentle gardens soft windowpanes
the world mixed and stirred quite the busy place
quite the complex place messy in its decades of undoing
humanity
I think simple is to be quiet for awhile enough to hear the outside noise for it never goes entirely away
hear it (only )as a resonance a hum a baseline let it sit there
while the soul levels then reaches deeper letting rhythm take over
soul sings quite well
regardless of the changing tune of the world outside
if we each took up this trusted quiet for just a little while
a Sunday say when the sky was a bit grey
or a Thursday afternoon just as school let out
perhaps if we each did this in just these few moments
quiet breathes
the world would hum and tingle
maybe even begin to chant or dance
along with us no
back to us the simple joy of this home