COME AND HAVE SOME REST

 

The wind rustles against the sheer curtains

The sound of accelerating cars on the roads around hungs up in the air

Weighing heavily on my mind, I wish it would all stop

A racing mind with a thousand thoughts

Yet this is what pausing feels like at the moment

Though how can stillness and busyness share the same space?

 

Eager to steal away from the world for a few

But anticipating people will pass me in the racing track

My legs are weak but I must keep running

So much progress only to slow down?

The rat race is not for the slow, but for those who scurry around quickly

But why hurry towards meaningless goals?

To what end shall the rat race?

High skyscrapers that can fall with a little quake

Properties that may stand up tall longer than we

Photo by Samuel Scrimshaw on Unsplash

 

And yet, the wind howls and I get a moment of reprieve

From the noisy space that my mind has become

I can now feel the plushness of the carpet below

And notice my long slim fingers

I can see the drying houseplant leaf

And notice the dusty mirror

I can feel the droopy eyelids

My body is calling me to rest

 

Come and have some rest my friend,

For some days, you'll need to slow down

And seek refreshing for your soul.

31 He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a little while”—for there were many [people who were continually] coming and going, and they could not even find time to eat.

I wrote this poem a few days ago as a reminder to slow down and rest. If Jesus himself said "come away and rest a while," why do we still feel guilty for slowing down?

by Mueni Muli

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