Thursday, April 16, 2015

notice

i turned off my fan today. i heard some new things.
the laundry humming/tumbling in the dryer in the next room.
my laptop's electronic clicks and buzzing and whirs.
i heard my own typing sounds. my own breaths.
my puppy's breathing as she lies on the floor.

being human. so many things to miss. to overlook. to not notice.
the feeling of your own skin. you might never notice it, if you're not
into noticing things.

every few days i notice that i haven't been taking deep enough breathes.
usually on my lunch breaks at work. i feel this aching/dreading feeling.
not wanting to go back up to the unit from my sunny-lunch spot.
then i take a few deep breaths as if they'll prepare me for the
elevator ride up to 5800. they do, somehow.

breathe deep. notice the quiet things in your life. the things
that affect you.

relaxxxx.