Meditation

I’m told
my meditative
position is
important, so
I carefully
arrange the
couch cushions
when I sit down,
especially the
extra pillow
behind my
shoulders
and the one
for leaning
my head back.
I cross my legs,
knee over knee.
Ahhhhh……….

Next I
remind myself
that I am not
my unfinished
tasks,
nor am I
the freezing
weather coming
next week.
I’m not
the inevitable
wind gusts
that bend
the tall cedars
within striking
distance of
our house,
nor am I
those tangles
in the web
of cherished
connections
that are never
fully unraveled.

I am not
the conflicting
How To Do
Your Life
Instructions
that scroll endlessly
down
all my screens.

I Am
What Is Aware of
What I Am Not,
Aware that I Am
Safe
and Forever Loved,
Aware that
You are Aware,
Safe
and Forever Loved.

(Photo by Vinicius “AMNX” Amano; UnSplash)