Clamour: Mind Flutter

Pain, loss, grief,
Commentary and reaction,
Judging and rage,
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Expanded attention
To let be what be,
Letting inside be
And outside be.

But the arrows
Kept flying,
And discouragement
Dropped by for a visit,

Yet felt good
About facing this onslaught,
Really being there
For this projectile barrage,

Self-consciousness,
Irritability,
Rumination and worry,
Struggling to include it,

Frenetic energy overflowed
Into compulsive thinking,
Then converted to
Walking and stretching,

Working with agitation,
Containing it,
Being it,
Waiting for it to go,

Besieged by longing
For a slow down,
Yearning towards ease,
But chaotic mind,
Not easily appeased.