I Am Stillness

  

Mixed media on wood panel

2017

 

 

Sitting out beneath the moon I gaze up at the worlds above.

I sit in darkness. I sit in peace. I sit as the world rotates around me.

   

The chirps, the buzz, the sounds of life;

In this stillness everything feels right.

  

The presence of now flows through my body and all I feel is love.

I sit in the moment without no fear. I sit as the picture becomes so clear.

  

The breaths I take; the visions I see.

I am this stillness and this stillness is me.

 

My soul reaches out to the Being beyond.

Why am I here? I know I don’t belong.

 

I sit and reflect. I sit and I wait;

For the answers to the questions I can never seem to shake.

 

My purpose is vague and I try and I try;

To unlock the mysteries as to “Who am I?”

 

I am the quiet before the storm.

I am the moment before a baby is born.

 

I am the darkness as the light dims down.

I am the nothingness of space all around.

 

I am the clarity once you open your eye.

I am the consciousness to the ego’s demise.

 

I am the relief once you’ve reached fulfillment.

I am Now. I am PRESENT. I am STILLNESS.

 

Shon Pittman, 2015