The More I Slow Down

A few words. A pause to think.
To make certain you are feeling what you are feeling.
A few more words.

Writing, as you mostly do, mostly for yourself.
A sorting out that happens not in the whirlwind,
but in the slowing down,

About this poem

Recently I have switched back to hand writing my journals. What I believe is that the more I slow, down, the wiser I become. The more I slow down, the more effective I am. It’s a lesson part of me has not learned yet.

The picture was taken at the Hancock Shaker Villiage in Hancock, Mass.

Tom