Permission to Do Nothing

a child once said “i’m bored!”

a complaint and i played with him

oh, you are so lucky!

how wonderful!

nothing to do!

wow! i wonder what that feels like!

with a curiousity

and yes a remembrance

feeling into how we can achieve

that pure sense of nothingness

do we have to have permission?

do we need permission to simply stop

to let go of our patterns, our routines?

can we find that quiet place, that solitude

and simply be, free from thought

and responsibility?

to quiet the mind

we find tranquility

to stop the doing

we find peace

in the space of nothingness

we return

we return to the womb

of creation