{"id":370,"date":"2020-07-12T20:31:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T20:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/?p=370"},"modified":"2020-07-12T20:39:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T20:39:58","slug":"quiet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/2020\/07\/12\/quiet\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiet."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Be Still<\/em><\/strong> by Barbara Helvey Hughes
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It is a burden
to be still: quiet ~
to clear my head and
to think of nothing ~
not one single thing.
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Others do it \u2013 stop,
focus, clear their minds
so no troubling thought,
no encumbrance, need,
deadline, worry, fear
enters: sentinels
watch their mindgates and
cast aside all doubts,
all concerns, all pain.
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But, for me, there seems
to be a constant
event, meeting, plan
taking root most of
the time and I just
can\u2019t corral the thoughts,
the ideas, the
word pairings; perhaps
I don\u2019t really try.
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Yes, I\u2019ve known others
with this affliction.
(They are some of my
favourite people.)
(In the whole wide world.)
Is this why I love
books, art and music:
why notes and words and
colours fill my mind
and rest there, happy?
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This restless nature
I share with many
others is like a
constant knocking at
my mind\u2019s door ~ rap, rap.
Do I imagine
breath stalking the tip
of my nose? Is that
called meditation?
Bound to our battles?
We must surely be.
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