In an Instant

I walked down a city street,

feeling grit beneath my shoes,

burdened by a cacophony of voices,

coughing the exhaust of taxis,

amid a rainbow of faces.

 

My thoughts lived in clean, high mountains,

reveling in the scents of pine and rain,

soothed by a stream tumbling over shining boulders,

surrounded by life both large and small,

a cool breeze drying my tears.

 

My soul floated

in the vast space between galaxies,

tiny,

at peace in the silence,

at one with Universe.