begin again

You may do this, I tell you,
it is permitted.
Begin again
the story of your life.

~Jane Hirshfield

unplug

It’s more for me as with going into a forest:
if you sit quietly for a long time,
the life around you emerges.
As the world grows ever more clamorous,
my hunger for silence steepens.
I unplug the landline.

~Jane Hirshfield