Peaceful Pause

I wrote a slice.  And then I tried erasure poetry.

Sometimes, when the busyness of the day seems to take over and we find ourselves rushing from one student to another, one classroom to the next , one scheduled meeting to an equally important conversation in the hall, one duty to an urgent  email, we stop and take a peaceful pause.  We breathe deeply and close our eyes, or not. We loosen our jaws and clear our minds and quiet our bodies and ready ourselves for the next stretch of time. The room fills with silence and all of our muscles and brains smile and sigh, ready now to reengage, to reconnect.

 

Sometimes rushing

from student to classroom

to meeting

 to conversation in the hall

duty to email,

 we stop and pause.  

We breathe deeply

and close our eyes, or not

loosen  jaws

and clear minds

and quiet bodies.

And for the next stretch the room fills with silence

and muscles and brains smile and sigh,

ready to reengage, to reconnect.