Sunshine Sedative

Mara Lynn Barbee

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There's something
                              calming
about watching the sky.

Just holding still long enough
    to see the clouds move...

It's a kind of
                    meditation.

Smooth cycle of breathing,
    as if that's what propels those clouds.

Calm, feel the sun,
                              and the wind,
and hear an airplane's drone,
    an echoing dog bark,
        cars across the river.

Everything seems calm.

The world smiles,
                            blinks,
  and takes a nap.

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