Anxiety Time: Stress vs the Buddha

Anxious: up at night.
Thinking, stressing, waiting - Thin…
(Sleep is for the weak.)

Oddly nauseous.
Fighting for my right to stay
Really not all fun.

Up early In the morn' —
Or is it still late at night?
Is there a diff'rence?

Get-ing there early:
Good, right? Please tell me that's good!
Either way: moving.

Move - Stop — Go - Stoplights - ...
Early buses take longer;
All move as one now.

People take too long!
*Fidget wheels fidget further*
When you feel like this …

Move - Keep moving! - MOVE! - move?
Moving in slow motion, eh?
I see what you do … !

“Mindfulness is it.

Meditation will help you!

Focus on the breath …

Examine the breath.

It’s okay to be like this,

We will help you through.”

Sitting firm, upright.
Zazen shuts the mind right down -
Waves of stillness work.

No one can move oceans
The depth brings the stillness home —
Silence is your friend.

Breath stills the big things
And makes all things quieter
out in out in out …