The day-to-day world makes demands

and calls those demands “life”

we rush, we hustle, we go without pause

while the real world waits

beneath the smoke and mirrors

of all of the “oughts” and “supposed to”

we muddle along, doing what’s right

forgetting that “right” was defined by illusions

the world waits

for our awakening

to purpose and to calm

and to the quiet inside ourselves – Caroline A. Slee