Sitting
I’ve been sitting
and sitting
and sitting and sitting
Sitting
Sitting
Being still
Just sitting
Sitting through hell
Through quiet overwhelm
Sitting to be well
Or just sitting to sit
Sitting, sitting
Sitting, sitting
To rest weary bones
Have quiet time alone
When house is not home
Sitting down to return
Sitting
and sitting
and sitting and sitting
Sitting
Sitting
Being still
Just sitting
Finding my breath
And leading her deep
Behind my heart
Behind my tears
Behind the hurt
Behind the years
Behind whatever else is there
Behind my spirit’s need to sit
I sit
and sit
and sit
and sit
Sitting
Sitting
Being still
Just sitting
Sitting to sit
Sitting to knit
Sitting to recover
When I feel like shit (this)
Sitting, sitting
Sitting, sitting
To rest my troubled mind
To commune with the Divine
I have given myself permission
To just sit
and be still
Sitting
and sitting
and sitting and sitting
Sitting
Sitting
Being still
Just sitting
Eyes closed
Eyes soft
Body relaxed
Savasana
Sitting
Sitting
Being still
Just sitting
Sitting
See what comes up
Sitting
Then let it be
Sitting
Seeing
Listening
Hearing
Feeling all the feels
Discerning what is real
A taste of inner peace
Like food for my soul
Sitting
Sitting
Being still
Just sitting
Sitting
and sitting
and sitting and sitting
At random times of the day
Before the sun sets at night
My trusted body sits me down
To just sit
and be
Angela Braxton-Johnson
Copyright © May 22, 2019
Poetically Inspiring Change, LLC