sometimesihatemycat

I should have moved
But meditated
Substituted
Silence
In place of facing
A façade of bliss
Across from you
Supplanted sadness with
Tranquility
Contacting too carefully
Sparing familiarity
Practiced
Stillness
Instead
Of presence
I should have moved
But meditated

-a.r.

Painting: In School, by Igor Melnikov

~ by April on March 15, 2016.

Posted in Body, Humanity, Identity, Meditation, Poetry
Tags: Abramovich, Artist is Present, bliss, Contact, Hesitate, Hesitation, Intimacy, Meditate, meditation, Movement, Performance Art, Poetry, Presence, Sadness, Silence, Stillness, Tranquility