Slow Down

Don't forget to slow 
down!

The world will fire 
you forward 
into disaster.

Even the hardest object will 
s h a t t e r
if it is traveling fast 
enough.

Slow down.
Be still, and observe. See
the soft dust 
granules float through the air
on their endless journey.
Smell the earth 
around you; nitrogen, oxygen, carbon
and witness their permanence
in the universe.

Taste 
your breath
your mind
your life
your being.

Listen not to the silence
but the life 
which breaks it.