Stillness and Being
For the Moments of Silence Challenge
Slowly to the floor
I kneel,
Life whispering like snow falling in the
Evening hush of a wintery day, silent
Notes prompting stillness and being,
Calling softly, tranquility
Echoing all around.
About the Creator
John Cox
Twisted teller of mind bending tales. I never met a myth I didn't love or a subject that I couldn't twist out of joint. I have a little something for almost everyone here. Cept AI. Aint got none of that.
Day 4 of Quitting
If this is how sobriety feels, maybe it’s better to go through life a little buzzed… this, along with other hits like, I want to kill myself, I wish I was dead, and I’m going to throw myself off a bridge have been the only thoughts on rotation these past few days. I promise myself that if, in a month, I still feel like this (‘this’ meaning despondent, full of rage, and simultaneously numb) I can go back to smoking. Until mid-February though? Nicotine is off the table.
By sleepy drafts6 days ago in Longevity
Comments (18)
So calming and peaceful. Lovely.
This was brilliant in its simplicity :) I felt the hush and the humility. Though I had to laugh a bit at the beginning only because my knees do not kneel anymore. Loved it!
A beautiful acrostic, especially: “ Calling softly, tranquility Echoing all around.” Just the very word “tranquility” is restful💙.
A poem of surrender, seems like you’re saying to us that silence can only be reached when we surrender. I’ve surrendered to the honest and gentle giant in your poem.
That first narrative image set quite a stage and the rest of the piece was stunning! Bravo, John!
I love the echoes in your poem!
This is beautiful. Well done.
Just as everyone else has said, beautiful, sir! Such a stunning use of a few well chosen words. Well done, John!
So beautiful, I should have read this after a stressful day 😊
"Life whispering like snow falling in the Evening hush of a wintery day" These were my favourite lines! Your poem felt so blissful! It was so magnificent and gorgeous! I loved it!
There is something of age in this. I feel my knees groan a bit, but also the space to take in the quiet.
What a lovely and tranquil bit of poetry. I relaxed just reading it.
This is beautiful, I loved it!😊
So profoundly beautiful, John! As with many of your works, I feel the life and breath in this - as if I could close my eyes after reading it and step right into the world you have expressed. Thank you for sharing this wonderful work!
A very beautiful poem, John. I love the silence during a snowfall. All you can hear is the flakes hitting the ground.
Jc ~ I often hear it Loud & Clear ~ Jb
You managed to install tranquility and a sense of life moving forward
Beautiful, John. Tranquility echoing is a very expressive description!