I Would Like to Live in My Heart

I live in my head mostly

but I'd like to live in my Heart!

My head is so noisy, all those

 thoughts banging around,

calculating, analyzing, judging,

comparing, discerning.

Too Damn Noisy!

So I have started to

  slide

          down my

                         throat

 into my heart!

     It’s so nice to abide 

In the heart.

        All you hear is a

 soothing beat.

  There is a nice soft pillow

in my heart to sit on, or lay

  on, and it’s warm and cozy.

When you look out at the

       world from your heart

(without all the noise in you head)

         the world appears softer,

 more welcoming. Sure there is suffering,

quite a bit actually.

           But you don't get as depressed 

when you abide in your heart.

 You may get melancholy, 

which is a mixture

of sadness and sweetness, empathy really.

 I guess the sweetness comes from 

realizing we’re not alone.

 We all suffer,

 we just have different stories we tell

ourselves about our suffering.. 

  but really the suffering is all the same.

We’re all in this together.

Without all that head noise

 I’m free

to start sending out little

 blessings-

 “May we all be healthy, may we be peaceful,

may we experience an ease of 

Well-being.”

b.d.burton 1/28/2025