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.
