A Morning Symphony

The morning is filled with bird song
	as I sit in my prayer space 
unburdening myself on paper,
	reading to fill myself with spiritual text
then, emptying in meditation

as the symphony filters into my senses.
	A gentle backdrop in the cool morning air
with flutters of breeze moving the leaves here and there.
	Now, stillness — what I seek within as the mind chatters.
Sounds drift on clouds; I let them pass 

until a cocophony of thoughts fills my mind, again.

“Mind can hear a song sung by heart 
when no sound is heard by the ears.” 

Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“The sound of silence is many times louder than the sound of words.” 

Mzee Byron Moseni Kabamba

“Shut up, she tells her monkey mind. Please shut up, you picker of nits, presser of bruises, counter of losses, fearer of failures, collector of grievances future and past.” 

Leni Zumas, Red Clock

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