Stillness By Sharmini Jayawardena

(first published 27 Jan 2012)

A short poem that captures the travails of the ordinary mind in the throes of meditation, on effort, concentration, sensory distraction and stillness.

"Stillness"

- By Sharmini Jayawardena

i
wish
 i were

a drop, drip, drip, drip drip

consistent.

i wish i were 

that tree stuck firmly

to the ground.

i wish i were

that door post

see nothing

hear nothing

smell nothing

taste nothing feel nothing,

know nothing 

i wish i stood still

did not get dragged away,

by my eye,

by my ear,

by my nose,

by my tongue,

by my feet,

by my dream,

by the scruff of my neck

by my i, by what is me, by what is mine,

i wish i just stood still.

wish i just stood still.

i just stood still.

just stood still.

stood still.

still.

till.

ill.

ll.

l.

.