Scott Simpson · Poetry

Unplug

Use For Kindling · source pages 60, 61

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Source page 60

Unplug

This is your permission slip:

turn off the noise,

the expectation,

the should’ve.

Play something gentle—

wordless and slow.

Let your mind drift like

smoke from the fire.

Source page 61

Let the muscles uncoil.

Let the list wait.

Almost everything works

better after a pause—

even you.