SIMPLE 👀

Why can’t life be easy, like a straight path?

A single road with no worries or fear of anger.

We walk on ways that twist and cross,

Because of quick needs and hard choices we make.

The loud sound of work and the bright screen’s light

Fills all our time, leaving us tired.

If life were a soft, slow stream,

Not messed up by the stress of wanting more,

How peaceful our human hearts could grow!

Our spirits would be fed by that easy way.

We’d learn to rest in the sun, deep and long,

And feel the simple, true wind as it passed.

Our hearts, lightened from always running,

Would find their calm in a quiet spot.

We’d stand stronger, know ourselves better,

Not by the noise we make, but by the peace

Of breathing deep, and a strength that can’t be bought,

A simple story, worth more than riches.