Denote: Arising

More running around,
More returning purchases;
The post-Yule hangover continues
But there’s so much energy in it!

Then, amidst the hullabaloo,
I pause to metta
And breathe and know
All that I’m doing,

The body’s aches
And inner processes,
The rushing mind
Teeming with thoughts,

But, oh what a relief
To just sit for a while
And let the river
Flow around and through,

The lunging stream
Grows quiet briefly
Before the momentum
Of busyness catches up

And the mind sizzles
And crackles, sparks flying,
Flames arising
And floating upon the watery surface;

I have barely sat ten minutes
When I feel the urge
To fly up from the chair
And do some more!

It feels so wonderful,
After so many days of idleness
Due to recurrent and chronic illness
To finally accomplish something useful,
That I don’t regret one single minute!