TURN OFF THE DELUGE OF THE WORLD
My friend,
Turn away from your television
Put down the news
Ignore your social media
Just for today
Do not worry,
The trials and tribulations of the world
All this tumult and turbulence
All the fear and lies
Will still be there tomorrow
But you will have rested
In the space beyond information
We are being overwhelmed
By the deluge of world
Like addicts we imagine
We cannot live without our fix
Each of us glued to fight or flight
Nervous system meltdown
Exhaustion and depression
Anger and anxiety
So turn it off, put it down,
Rest your heart and mind
Remember your own true self
Still there, still beautiful, still pure
We must not let the world steal our presence
Or the constant fear mongering overwhelm our hearts
There are tests here for us all
And we must rise to meet them.