Stop

You have traveled too fast over false ground;

Now your soul has come to take you back.

                             John O'Donohue

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It is easy to get lost

as we rush through this life

rushing from one moment to the next

from work to play to work again

driven by forces within

and powers without

and then

we

stop

stunned by the calmness of a sunset

and the sound of sprinklers

echoing in the night air

and suddenly

there is the cool twilight

parts of us that were missing

are reclaimed

and at least for a moment

we are whole