Reading Mediation

Oh! How was I reading,
For I even forgot,
What line was passing by!

This reading state,
Needs a shift,
And to make,
An act of prayer,
And meditation,
For what you read,
Shapes within,
So choose wisely,
And read mindfully.

The glass only fills,
If already empty,
And the same way,
First clear your mind,
Of theories,
Of prejudices,
Of beliefs,
And of a million,
Thoughts floating without will.

Then let the new sink in,
Reading mindfully,
Without prejudice,
Without judging,
Without conceptualizing,
To let it first fill in the glass,
Than to filter right away.

This way the act of,
Reading mindfully,
Becomes the act of,
A prayer,

And deep meditation.

P.S: Thank you and deep gratitude for reading my poems. It’s a newly discovered talent in me, maybe not rhyming and good enough, but I found poetry is the best medium to express our emotions. And that’s the reason I started writing them, it frees up my mind, relaxes me, and the creative expression is deeply fulfilling. I mostly write with my feelings and experience, and not to fill the word limit, so have to include these lines in every poem as they are shorter than one one-fifty words to publish. Accept my gratitude (although I don’t have much).

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