Mindfulness: Please Hold Poem

I sat on the mat, legs neatly aligned,
Expecting great peace and a quieted mind.
The app had assured me in bold, glowing font:
“Seven short days to the calm that you want.”

I breathed in the silence, I breathed out the air, I breathed in the mantra, I breathed out my doubt, But silence, it seems, had a lot to shout. Groceries, deadlines, the neighbour’s loud song —
So much for stillness, I’d been busy all along.

A buzz on my phone broke my holy retreat:
A notification declaring defeat.
“Your screen time is higher, your focus is low.”
A guru in pixels, advising me so.

But then I just chuckled, absurdity clear:
The search for enlightenment led me back here.
Not silence, not sainthood, not perfect release—
Just laughter, the trickster, delivering peace.

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