Deep down below the surface of everything I know
you are waiting
for me
to lead me
guide me
fill me.

Yet I see darkness
I see flashes
everything all at once
blurring
swirling.

I am lost

I am scared

I cannot stay

I know you're there but I sense too much
it's all in me
I cannot breathe

© Jackie L Hutchings

Don't rush this conversation.
Barreling into each other.
Ears closed. Minds in control.
Pause.
Listen.
Just listen
without trying to get in everything you want to say.
Listen.
Ignore the chatter clattering through your mind.
Listen with your eyes and ears open.
Give them all of you in this moment.
Listen.
Lovingly.
Your undivided attention
the most precious gift of all.

© Jackie L Hutchings

Don't rush onto the next thing and the next.
Stay. With what's here. Now. In front of you.
Your focus fixed
on what's right here.

Don't rush onto the next thing
when this thing
is still present.
Stay.
Finish, with focused attention.
Devotion.

Don't rush onto the next thing
even when you're done with this thing.
Stay.
Linger
in the pause
in between
this thing and the next.
Breathe. Into the space around you.
Creating more space with each breath.
Between each breath.

Don't rush away.
Don't desert yourself.
Don't turn your back on the space between it all.
Stay a while.
Sit.
Breathe.
Listen.
In the space between it all.

Don't rush away
leaving the gentle dripping of sadness in the depths of your soul.
Don't rush away from the beauty flowing inside.
Leaving it there. Dormant. Treasures hidden deep.

Don't rush away
from this beautiful moment
pregnant with possibility.
Full of nothing.
Full of everything.

Don't rush.
Stay a while
Linger luxuriously.
Creating
space
between this moment
and the next.

Don't rush away
denying yourself this precious gift,
the presence of you.

Don't rush
away from the intimacy that lies waiting.

Don't rush.

© Jackie L Hutchings