BY SHEREEN BAIRD
(Blog Contributor)
After a wonderful conversation with Shidrati, where she shared about her ongoing projects and ideas, I mentioned a poem I had written and recently shared with a group I was leading on the theme of listening. She felt it would fit beautifully with her current work and invited me to share it with you here.
This poem came to me during a time when I was exploring silence in my morning meditation practice. I would sit and listen beneath the noise of my thoughts, resting in the silence that holds everything. Over time, that space began to feel more real to me than the noise itself, vast, peaceful, and alive.
“Chill Behind the Noise” emerged from that space. It felt less like I wrote it and more like it came through me to remind me, and perhaps others, to trust the quiet behind the chaos, and let the silence take center stage.
Here’s the poem:
Chill Behind The Noise
Relax, watch and listen,
as thoughts and events unfold.
In that space that’s before words,
where there’s nothing to uphold.
The noise of thoughts,
of sensory input,
of feelings good or bad arise—
just notice, relax,
allow and enjoy,
and look from eternal eyes.
This space is not biased
to the polarized
point of view,
because it can see,
and it knows—
both and neither are true.
From this empty
yet charged with Love
aliveness, gazing into time,
see from who you truly are;
you’re both being
and becoming sublime.
The space is vast
and it settles in and around
the body and mind.
As past trapped energies arise,
they can now be free
to gently unwind.
The sounds and images
of your stories, both tragic
and epic, are released.
To allow peace and joy
to take center stage,
so you can truly enjoy life’s feast.
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR
Shereen Baird is a soul-centered coach who helps people follow through and accomplish their creative and meaningful projects so they can live on purpose and fulfill their soul missions. You can explore her work over at yoursoulprojects.com. She’s also the author of the book Sweet, an autobiography written in verse. The poem shared in this post is a piece from her book.
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