Poem: "To Relax"

TO RELAX Just lean back in a chair and choose something simple to stare at. A piece of paper sticking out of a waste basket, for instance. As you stare at it, you see that it shines in its own simple way. You continue to stare, and soon you understand the softness of the paper. You see there are words resting on it as on a sofa, words that someone placed there for someone else to find, and now they’re silent and restful on this nameless piece of paper that you’re staring at as the earth spins the way it has for immeasurable years.