Great Nothingness
Meditative Acrostic for the Dancing with Distraction Challenge!
Do you feel weighed down by life?
Immerse yourself deep in water
Stop and take a moment
Tilt your head back and float
Relax and let the waves wash over you
Acclimitise yourself to the water
Coalesce with it
Think about nothing but your surroundings
Indulge yourself in the great nothingness
Only then will you feel free,
Not to mention, happy.
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Thank you for reading! I hope this little bit of distraction is as calming as it was to write it!
I posted this in haste and forgot to give a little background about the inpsiration behind it. When I wrote it I was reminded of Donna Renee's awesome The Sensations of Nothingness. You can check it out here:
I actually had forgotten that she used that word in the title, lol, so there we go. If you haven't checked that piece out, definitely do, because it is beautiful and so creative! In fact, while you are there, have a look at the rest of her work too - she's a great writer with a lot of imagination!
The other bit of inspiration was a song called Melt by the British electronic group Leftfield, that I've been listening to recently, well because I listen to it often. But, also because it will be in my Playlist for the Playlist Challenge.
You can take a listen to that song here. It's very relaxing and comprises of some just really beautiful and trippy soundscapes, synths and other loveliness!
Thank you for reading!
About the Creator
Paul Stewart
Scottish-Italian poet/writer from Glasgow.
Overflowing in English language torture and word abuse.
"Every man has a sane spot somewhere" R.L Stevenson
The Accidental Poet - Poetry Collection is now available!
https://paulspoeticprints.etsy.com
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Liquid distraction. Lovely and freeing poetry, Paul. Congratulations on Top Story! Richly deserved!
Let us not dwell too long beneath the waters, else we fail to surface and utter the Word! Nice acrostic!
I love this, Paul, and well done on being Top Story 💕🙂
Woahh this was really… I’m not sure what word to use - evocative, maybe? Deep? What I’m trying to say is - this was bloody great 👍😂
BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!!
Excellent!!
Nice work. Very immersive.
Ayyyy, look at that! A Top Story! I'm soooo happy for you! Congratulations!
Also read it, https://vocal.media/petlife/a-dog-and-his-loyalty
Congrats on your Top Story!!
Calm and peace. We all need this a whole lot. Really lovely thoughts and feelings emanate from this poem. Thank you for sharing.
Paul this was a beautiful and peaceful poem, I love your vocabulary choices and creativity in this one! I also really appreciate the background on the inspirations behind it! Also congratulations on Top Story! You really deserve it!
Many congrats buddy, this is beyond worthy of the honor 😊
Nicely done. ❤️
Congratulations, a well deserved top story. 😍
Stellar writing! Love it. Congrats on the Top Story.
Nice, if we weren't coming into winter here, I would accept the challenge of floating somewhere quiet.
good work my story https://vocal.media/humans/why-do-we-dream-oqr505p8
The Words are nice
Outstanding
Paul you are everything I need
Outstanding mini-vacation Paul. Thanks!
Nice piece of work and well done!
Well done!
Congratulations on your Top Story🎉🎉