A VERY rough cut of my favorite song by Something Corporate, sung by yours truly.

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A piece I wrote about the emotions and stress of packing before a big move
Cardboard boxes, black trash bags, and piles of old possessions
clutter the warm, open living room of this familiar home.
Digging through the collections of forgotten nostalgia,
I pause at each item, remembering how important
they used to mean to me in the years of my past.
Trivial trinkets that trick me into exaggerating their worth
when in reality, I haven't touched or thought about them in years.
I need to remember, we're downsizing in this this move across the city.
There's no place for bulky souvenirs that serve no purpose now.
A quick picture and then it's turned over to the trash,
never to be held or played with again in this lifetime.
The useful tools and memories can stay, wrapped up in boxes
marked with a sharpie to explain whose it is and where it goes.
Some of it is not easy to tell if its useful in the moment,
do I keep this or let it fade away from memory forever?
There is a sort of bitter sweet feeling of outgrowing my youth.
Do I need my yearbooks or the metal goblets from the 1995 King's Feast?
A jersey signed by all my teammates the year we won state?
No, all those go to the trash bin to make room for more important matters.
Still, it's an exciting time to be packing up for this big life-changing move.
A new house and new adventures await at the turn of the weeks.
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What is it about โmore nowโ that is so difficult for me to escape?
It's a fly in my ear, an itch I can't reach.
I ner' err' on the side of conservative actions.
It's a voice that won't concede the microphone.

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I long to plant seeds with my words
that blossom into forests of life.
I wish to stir emotion and fervor in my readers.
A reclusive life spent in front of the TV is hardly
the market for soul-touching inventory
when shopping for bonds on a mindful level.

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โThatโs Okayโ was my beginners meditation mantra. It got me through a lot of suffering.
I was playing around with AI generated art for videos.
I took on the mantra, โThat's okay,โ
early in my meditation practice.
Couldn't focus well today? That's okay.
Fell asleep during breathing time? That's okay.
Regret not going to bed earlier last night? That's okay.
Worried you're going to miss that job interview? That's okay.
Because in the end, you can't change the past or future,
You can only accept what is happening now in the present.
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I find myself quite embarrassed at the moment. I've taken to calling you โSilenceโ for so long, I've forgotten exactly what your name is. I know it's something like Peace, but not as the external state of being tranquil or quiet, but as in the internal clarity and stillness found in the middle of external chaos. I suppose equanimity, wisdom, and compassion all apply, but I've found myself more and more just calling you, Silence. I hope that's okay.
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