I have never understood
People who can’t sit
Alone in silence.
Why are you so afraid
Of being alone with yourself?
What do you think
You will do to yourself?
Or is it the demons
You keep at bay
With the noise and chaos and distractions?
Do you think they will find you,
My love,
If you learn to be still?
No, my love. No.
The demons are attracted to your noise.
Your chaos. Your suffering.
Remove all of that,
And the demons will lose interest.
There is easier prey
Than the warrior who lives in peace.
~Jay Schryer, June 2019