Are you?

Written by, Callie B.

Are you awake?
Are you here?
We only have moments to spare…
Are you aware of being aware?
Wherever you are, are you there?
Are you paying close attention?
Is your attention intentional?

Are you always running?
Is your patience,
thin, dull, dwelling?
Is it drained, gone, numbing?
Are you chasing it or is it chasing you?

Are you afraid, and what’s the worst case?
If you stop, if you breathe, if you be?
Will you become someone who sees?
Observes, learns, feeds?

So where does your restlessness begin?
Thoughts, the past, the future, the where and the when?
Running has been running your life.
Aren’t you tired of running?

It’s time to catch your breath. Are you awake?
Are you here?
We only have moments to spare..
Are you aware of being aware?
Wherever you are, are you there?
Are you paying close attention?
Is your attention intentional?

Are you always running?
Is your patience,
thin, dull, dwelling?
Is it drained, gone, numbing?
Are you chasing it or is it chasing you?

Are you afraid, and what’s the worst case?
If you stop, if you breathe, if you be?
Will you become someone who sees?
Observes, learns, feeds?

So where does your restlessness begin?
Thoughts, the past, the future, the where and the when?
Running has been running your life.
Aren’t you tired of running?

It’s time to catch your breath.

Published in A New Leaf – October 2025

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