I've been moving

Most my life

Filling quiet

With the days

Now I stop

The world keeps going

Breath in

Breath out

There is noise

Everywhere

There is something

Underneath

When I slow

It stays

Lights pass by

Then they fade

Floor beneath me

Holds my weight

I chased words

I chased proof

What stayed

Did not move

There is noise

In my head

There is stillness

When I listen

I don't reach

I don't run

Between

This breath

And the next

I am here

There is noise

There is silence

There is something

That remains

When I stop

And stay