A place of safety

This small tiled space
Bounded on two sides 
With blank Formica
Affords complete security
In a way nowhere else can

My body relaxes
My mind is at rest
Awareness is elsewhere
The unseen is automatic
For I know I’m safe

Forget Mindfulness
Forget sitting cross-legged
Trying to escape unquiet thoughts

Gentle presence of machinery
As if aboard some great ship
Rooms of silent books beyond
Colours on my calf within

My body relaxes
My mind is at rest
And I know I’m safe