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The poetic city: “The Next Right Thing”

Dec 27, 2021 • Creative Writing

When breath becomes sweeter. (Photo: Pexels)

“The Next Right Thing”

Dropping into the meditative moment

Things about to happen are held in abeyance

Time dilutes making room for the unexpected

The momentous shrinks as space expands

The butterfly effect takes over

Breath becomes sweeter

The space between thoughts grows and deepens

Concerns stratify, revealing roots and linkage

The importance of events recedes into context

Context recedes into the whole

Thinking remains, neither good nor bad

The next right thing is the breath…

The next right thing is always the breath.

Reece Burka

2/6/18

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