Lotus Notes Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I sit composed.
Lotus in position.
With a disposition relaxed.
After my senses have been taxed,
By routines of a life I allow to attack!

But once I 'want' to shed...
All that noise that others attract,
From a constant rat race
I'd rather pack in a sack.
And leave it behind where it was at!
I sit in quietness...
To get myself on a silent track!

Soaking up a peace that comes to stroke...
With an ease to my body, mind and eyes!
Energized I become inside.
Receiving a comfort that invokes,
A calmness within that arrives to free.
Just for me as a mind 'massage'.
Without a single jolt to provoke.
No teasing here of a ménage à trois!

Letting it grow to enlarge.
Comes my soothing lotus notes!
Taking me over.
As I willfully acknowledge this...
And let this bliss take charge!
Without any stress as I am mentally free,
To float unburden by emotional duress!
This kind of aloneness,
Uncontested is best.