Distractions Are Deadly To Words

There is a way between voice and presence where information flows. In disciplined silence it opens. With wandering talk it closes. ~ Rumi

Often I have wondered

where the words have gone

they were there

really they were

just a moment ago

they were but an instant away

of the present moment

there was a slight distraction

and they were gone

I've searched everywhere

but they are nowhere to be found

the frustration

I began asking myself

aloud

what could have happened to them

soon I became frantic

Realizing the futility

I gave up

and yet still

shouting at myself

said

“TO HELL WITH THOSE WORDS”

“WHO NEEDS 'EM ANYWAY”

I forced myself quiet

emptied my mind

letting it all go

it was then that a strange thing happened

the words

all of them

returned