Custodian: Taking Care

Disturbing emotions
Came calling,
And I found them involving
Producing much distress and aversion,

But then I recalled
The body,
And redirecting my attention,
Centred it there.

Exploring this experience,
This embodiment,
Noticing what it’s like
From the inside out:

Stability and calm,
Quietly purring along,
The body didn’t mind
But continued on course,

Digesting food,
Breathing and pumping,
Circulating blood,
Performing innumerable functions,

Meanwhile,
Where’d the emotions go?
What happened to the upset?
There was no trace of it!

Twas completely quiescent,
As if the agitated mind
Had been pulled into step
With bodily rhythms;

Just moments before
Where a tempest had roiled,
All turmoil stilled,
No fury, no worry
And no hurry either.