bits & pieces.

Stop.

slow down
stop your hurry of getting there and finding
yourself as soon as possible,
slow down and look around you
look at the dying people who have no choice
but to watch everybody live their lives
while they slowly move
towards the end of theirs,
slow down and sit still
and wait for butterflies
to sit upon your open palms,
look at the trees
living their lives for others
and the water
free and bound by no one person
free to do as it pleases,
look at families coming together
and families falling apart,
listen close
listen to the birds singing,
they sing not for us nor for themselves
they sing because they know how to,
in the rush of being
don't forget the music that is the rustle of trees,
walk barefoot over grass,
sit on the soft sand of the beach,
lose yourself in the crash of the waves,
let the sun drip onto your face
drink in the sight of life
because to find yourself
you must lose yourself in a crowd.
                                                       - ishana.