The Space in Between the Chaos
Atomic Writing: Day 3
Atomic Writing: Day 3
Wouldn’t it be great
If Life had a pause button?
If whenever things felt too loud
Too fast
Too busy
Too wild
We could simply check out
Stop the flow of information
Close the tabs of our overloaded minds
For just a moment
Until things calmed down
.
Wouldn’t it be great
If whenever Life behaved unreasonably
Unexpectedly
Inconsiderately
Out of the order we had planned for it
We could stop it for a moment
And challenge it
Confront its bad behaviour towards us
Like an employee speaking up
Against a bad manager
.
Wouldn’t it be great if the Great Tornado of Existence
Were something we could exert control over
Whenever we felt it was too much for us?
Whenever we felt uncomfortable
Whenever we didn’t like what was happening
Wouldn’t that be great?
.
or…
.
Wouldn’t it be great
If we could learn to find our way
Through tornadoes
If we could become masterful at
Navigating hurricanes
If we could find the spaces
within the chaos?
.
Wouldn’t it be great
To find the part of us inside
That notices that we can steer
even just a little bit
This boat that sails through the storm
The part that sees that even as we careen
Over the cresting waves
In our tiny vessels
That there are effects
To everything we do
If only we dare to pay attention
To the small
To the ripples we make
In the midst of the roiling sea
.
Wouldn’t it be great
If we saw
That even as we hurtle through the air
Toward our certain, eventual deaths
That even as we tumble and crash
Into the crushing waters below
That every time
Without fail
We have surfaced
And continue to float
.
Wouldn’t it be great
If we saw
Just how indomitable we are
To simply still be here
Arising
And continuing to rise