life in the slow lane

She resigned from the rat race

Life in slow motion

And took on a snail’s pace

An unusual notion

She noticed the smallness

The beauty that rests

In wholehearted beauty

Of one moment guests

Being here truly

Being here now

Studying duly

Still learning how

Stillness was new to her

Slowness so strange

Quietness flew to her

Tranquility reigned

Time to let go of it

Time to just be

Learning to think & sit

Learning to see

Watching her steps each one

Taking great care

And when each day is done

Simply be there

Loving the little things

Seeing them pass

Stars in the night sky

Dew on the grass

How she had missed them

In a life all too fast

Now stopped to know them

And see them at last

And though she is so in pain

One thing it’s taught her

How to be young again

And how beauty sought her

She’s melting into a time

Like honey that’s cold

Which moves ever slower

Although she’s not old

She’s striving for nothing

A low flyer she

She’s learning in solitude

A new way to be

kit murdoch

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