Park Bench Lucidity

Busses lunging
through the square

dump trucks rushing

bikers blare

cyclists whisking brisk ahead

while joggers bogged in distance
thread
through walking talkers
weaving
by

then sirens cry

- a butterfly.

Yes
everyone heads somewhere
there

except for me

that page in air

two sportive squirrels playing tag
and three crows dancing round a bag.

Still

centered
in this cool repose

the less I fret
the more thoughts flow

as blurs turn clear
and heartbeats slow.




Park Bench Lucidity © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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Quote inspiration challenge (relaxing or playing in a culture bent on exhaustion) prompt - link: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2753808-Quotes-of-enlightenment-series-4
Submitted: June 28, 2020









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