Trying my hands at writing simple poems in English. This is my first.
Of Sounds In The "Now"
I sit comfortably on the wing chair
totally put my weight on the chair, limbs all loose and heavy
I close my eyes, else it compromises what I hear
I hear the whirling of the ceiling fan and the stand fan
feel the cool air circulating around me
oops...... I hear the movement of my kids' flap door
probably my orange boy coming in, too hot outside
and then Adik Comot is meowing
a motorbike passing by, then another motorbike
there's a distant heavy vehicle
a car passing in front of my home,
another distant vehicle much heavier, much bigger probably
another motorbike, another car some distance away
some bird, maybe a crow, or is it a raven?
another car, another bike, another bike
another big motorbike, another car, another bird
all the while the whirling of the fans is major
there's the Azan, it's 13.23 hrs...............and so on, and so forth.
Beautiful, warm sounds of life passing all around me
totally, absolutely, no comment, no judgement, no labelling from me
Well, to the best of my ability that is
(to subdue the mind is like holding onto the rein
of a very energetic young horse)
just letting them pass by me
like debris, flotsam, wreckage in a river
a little weight is lifted from my heavy heart
even if it is just a matter of minutes.
I realised now
how much I was carried away in the race for targets
achievements, accumulations, possessions,
rushing here rushing there
hurry, hurry, hurry I always need to arrive at destinations
when I arrived, I was flabbergasted
for there are more destinations to be achieved
but I don't even know how I got there
I've totally forgotten about the previous journeys.
Nearby Tam is napping
or is she?
or she too is meditating like me?
she is just a feline
but may be much more profound as a divine entity
nearer to the Lord than I will ever be.