Slow Myself Down

I don’t want
The pace of my life
To be ruled by
The endless
Requests of my life

I don’t want

My attention
To be drawn everywhere
But not anywhere

I want to live a life

That doesn’t go
Fast

I want to see

The people
Around me

I want to breathe
I want to listen
I want to ponder
I want to hear

I want to walk

Very slowly at times
With no direction
In mind

I want

To slow myself
Down

And be present

For every bit
Of beauty and pain

In the life

I’ve been entrusted
To live