Reflections

I invite stillness

and lean into a new pace.

Rushing and multitasking

can give way to

the Mediterranean breeze

and quiet.

Sunshine, flowering vines,

a canopy of trees.

Here my respite

begins.

It’s a struggle

to surrender

to the quiet,

to let my inner chatter

soften to whispers

of self care.

A sudden realization:

there will not be time enough

to accomplish it all.

So I let it go,

put down my computer

pick up a pen.

This grounding is what

I’ve been waiting for.

Time to come back to my self,

check in, and say hello.