Silence

For as long as breath
fills the present instant
there is Nowhere else to go.

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For as long as mind
is focused in the moment,
there is No One else to Be.

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I close my eyes and let
the rivers of tears
flow to my chest
and rest in my heart.

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I pray for the fear to leave.
I pray for the pain to desist.
I pray for suffering to end.

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Silence.

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When breath and mind,
heart and soul,
are dwelling in the infinite silence
of the eternal present,
there is Nowhere else to go.
No One else to Be.

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I remember this.
I breathe.
I stay in the uncomfortable
embrace of the Unknown.
Fear, pain and suffering
become illusions of a world
that is asleep and dreaming.

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Silence.