REST AWHILE

It's Ok to take a breather; to stop thinking and just rest

Come, rest awhile, and let us idly stray

In glimmering valleys, cool and far away

Come from the greedy mart, the troubled street

And listen to the music, faint and sweet

That echoes ever to a listening ear

Unheard by those who will not pause to hear

The wayward chimes of memory's pensive bells

Wind-blown o'er misty hills and curtained dells

One step aside and dewy buds unclose

The sweetness of the violet and the rose

Song and romance still linger in the green

Embosomed ways by you so seldom seen

And near at hand, would you but see them, lie

All lovely things beloved in days gone by

You have forgotten what it is to smile

In your too busy life; come, rest awhile.

-Lucy Maud Montgomery

Peaceful,

Nekoye