The Slo…for 5 Days

the slowness, the quiet, the presence

bringing peace into all that we are

the gentleness of our movement

as we seek to calm all near and far

holding the still point so steady

conscious that all can entrain

holding our heart-felt emotions

with a love that dissolves all the pain

generous multitudes with compassion

attend to the particulate floor

replacing the loss with a connection

to a love that penetrates to our core

the slogan now for the 5 days

is to cherish the life we can live

when the material disintegrates all around us

we then learn to accept and to give