Settling Down

My mind settles down.

The things I had been thinking through,

though interesting, have ceased to chatter.

I find I have no need to draw conclusions

From where I am, I watch, I choose —

I tell myself when ways of feeling

may not be the best use of my being.

I don’t need to feel sad

and I don’t need to feel worried

It’s much better to hear the hum of evening

and the calm continuance

of all the breathing,

and to know that I, too,

fulfill what’s needed,

in thought and presence,

in time and place.

©Wendy Mulhern

October 3, 2016